Inflict not on an enemy every injury in your power, for he may afterwards become your friend.
You who feel no pain at the suffering of others It is not fitting for you to be called human.
Virtue is in the mind, not in the appearance.
Great God, have pity on the wicked, for thou didst everything for the good, when thou madest them good!
There is a difference between him who claspeth his mistress in his arms, and him whose eyes are fixed on the door expecting her.
Make no friendship with an elephant keeper If you have no room to entertain an elephant