Fear not the proud and the haughty; fear rather him who fears God.

A dog will never forget the crumb thou gavest him, though thou mayst afterwards throw a hundred stones at his head.

He who learns the rules of wisdom, without conforming to them in his life, is like a man who labored in his fields, but did not sow

A friend whom you have been gaining during your whole life, you ought not to be displeased with in a moment. A stone is many years becoming a ruby - take care that you do not destroy it in an instant against another stone.

Whatever is produced in haste goes hastily to waste.

The remedy against want is to moderate your desires.

When a mean wretch cannot vie with another in virtue, out of his wickedness he begins to slander. The abject envious wretch will slander the virtuous man when absent, but when brought face to face his loquacious tongue becomes dumb.