Whoever has his foe at his mercy, and does not kill him, is his own enemy
Make no friendship with an elephant keeper If you have no room to entertain an elephant
Where the hand of tyranny is long we do not see the lips of men open with laughter.
Be thou good thyself, and let people speak evil of thee; it is better than to be wicked, and that they should consider thee as good.
To him who is stinted of food a boiled turnip will relish like a roast fowl.
The world is not a courtroom There is no judge no jury no plaintiff. This is a caravan filled with eccentric beings telling wondrous stories about God.