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

The covetous map explores the whole world in pursuit of a subsistence, and fate is close at his heels.

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

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.

But for the cravings of the belly not a bird would have fallen into the snare; nay, nay, the fowler would not have spread his net. The belly is chains to the hands and fetters to the feet. He who is a slave to his belly seldom worships God.

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

Oh God, I say not hear my prayers! I say: Blot with forgiving pen my sins away!