In the faculty of speech man excels the brute; but if thou utterest what is improper, the brute is they superior.
Holiness comes by holy deeds. Not starving flesh of daily needs.
To be over much facetious is the accomplishment of courtiers and blemish of the wise.
He who is indifferent to the suffering of others is a traitor to that which is truly human.
I have never seen a man lost who was on a straight path.
When a mean wretch cannot vie with another in virtue, out of his wickedness he begins to slander. The abject envious wretch will slander the virtuous man when absent, but when brought face to face his loquacious tongue becomes dumb.