In the faculty of speech man excels the brute; but if thou utterest what is improper, the brute is they superior.

The wise man tells not what he knows. It is not prudent to sport with one's head by revealing the king's secrets.

Keep belly lightly loaded, if mind would wisdom see;For bodies crammed to bursting, make empty souls to be.

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

The stranger has no friend, unless it be a stranger.

The sons of Adam are formed from dust; if not humble as the dust, they fall short of being men.

That sorrow which is the harbinger of joy is preferable to the joy which is followed by sorrow.