When you see contention amongst your enemies, go and sit at ease with your friends; but when you see them of one mind, string your bow, and place stones upon the ramparts.
The wise man tells not what he knows. It is not prudent to sport with one's head by revealing the king's secrets.
To him who is stinted of food a boiled turnip will relish like a roast fowl.
It is better to break off a thousand friendships, than to endure the sight of a single enemy.
He who is a slave to his stomach seldom worships God.
He who learns, and makes no use of his learning, is a beast of burden with a load of books. Does the ass comprehend whether he carries on his back a library or a bundle of faggots?