Poverty snatches the reins out of the hand of piety.

No reliance can be placed on the friendship of kings, nor vain hope put in the melodious voice of boys; for that passes away like a vision, and this vanishes like a dream.

Every leaf of the tree becomes a page of the book, once the heart is opened and it has learnt to read.

If thou art wise, incline to truth; for truth, not the semblance, remains in its place.

Be not so severe as to cause shyness, nor so clement as to encourage boldness.

Take care how you listen to the voice of the flatterer, who, in return for his little stock, expects to derive from you considerable advantage. If one day you do not comply with his wishes, be imputes to you two hundred defects instead of perfections.

Virtue pardons the wicked, as the sandal-tree perfumes the axe which strikes it.