But for the cravings of the belly not a bird would have fallen into the snare; nay, nay, the fowler would not have spread his net. The belly is chains to the hands and fetters to the feet. He who is a slave to his belly seldom worships God.

The covetous map explores the whole world in pursuit of a subsistence, and fate is close at his heels.

Were the diver to think on the jaws of the shark, he would never lay hands on the precious pearl.

Publish not men's secret faults, for by disgracing them you make yourself of no repute.

If thou art wise, incline to truth; for truth, not the semblance, remains in its place.

The rose and thorn, the treasure and dragon, joy and sorrow, all mingle into one.

Two orders of mankind are the enemies of church and state; the king without clemency, and the holy man without learning.