The covetous map explores the whole world in pursuit of a subsistence, and fate is close at his heels.
None can be so true to your secret as yourself.
Whoever has his foe at his mercy, and does not kill him, is his own enemy
Independence is of more value than any gifts; and to receive gifts is to lose it.
He, who learns and makes no use of his learning, is a beast of burden, with a load of books.
Avoid that which an enemy tells you to do; for if you follow his advice, you will smite your, knees with the hand of sorrow. If he shows you a road straight as an arrow, turn from it and go the other way.