It's no virtue to gain the whole world. Just gain the heart of one person.
Oh God, I say not hear my prayers! I say: Blot with forgiving pen my sins away!
A little beauty is preferable to much wealth.
The bad fortune of the good turns their faces up to heaven; the good fortune of the bad bows their heads down to the earth.
It is safer to be silent than to reveal one's secret to any one, and telling him not to mention it.
The heart is like a musical instrument of many strings, all the chords of which require putting in harmony.