He who learns the rules of wisdom, without conforming to them in his life, is like a man who labored in his fields, but did not sow

Virtue is in the mind, not in the appearance.

Were the diver to think on the jaws of the shark, he would never lay hands on the precious pearl.

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

He who is indifferent to the suffering of others is a traitor to that which is truly human.

To use the hands in making quicklime into mortar is better than to cross them on the breast in attendance on a prince.

To pardon the oppressor is to deal harshly with the oppressed.