Whoever gives advice to a heedless man is himself in need of advice.
Oh God, I say not hear my prayers! I say: Blot with forgiving pen my sins away!
A lovely face is the solace of wounded hearts and the key of locked-up gates.
Be generous, and pleasant-tempered, and forgiving; even as God scatter favors over thee, do thou scatter over the people.
Two orders of mankind are the enemies of church and state; the king without clemency, and the holy man without learning.
Court the society of a superior, and make much of the opportunity; for in the company of an equal thy good fortune must decline.