Whosoever formeth an intimacy with the enemies of his friends, does so to injure the latter. O wise man! wash your hands of that friend who associates with your enemies.

So long as money can answer, it were wrong in any business to put the life in danger.

Now that another is suffering pain at thy hand, trust not that thy heart shall be exempt from affliction.

You who feel no pain at the suffering of others It is not fitting for you to be called human.

Independence is of more value than any gifts; and to receive gifts is to lose it.

Anger that has no limit causes terror, and unseasonable kindness does away with respect. Be not so severe as to cause disgust, nor so lenient as to make people presume.

Whenever thy hand can reach it, tear out the foe's brain, for such an opportunity washes anger from the mind.