The whelp of a wolf must prove a wolf at last, notwithstanding he may be brought up by a man.
To tell a falsehood is like the cut of a saber: for though the wound may heal, the scar of it will remain.
Whoever has his foe at his mercy, and does not kill him, is his own enemy
A little beauty is preferable to much wealth.
If a piece of worthless stone can bruise a cup of gold, its worth is not increased, nor that of the gold diminished.
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