It is better to break off a thousand friendships, than to endure the sight of a single enemy.
In the faculty of speech man excels the brute; but if thou utterest what is improper, the brute is they superior.
Oh God, I say not hear my prayers! I say: Blot with forgiving pen my sins away!
That which is not allotted the hand cannot reach; what is allotted you will find wherever you may be.
None can be so true to your secret as yourself.
Do good even to the wicked; it is as well to shut a dog's mouth with a crumb.