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

A grateful dog is better than an ungrateful man.

To pardon the oppressor is to deal harshly with the oppressed.

Whoever recounts to you the faults of your neighbour will doubtless expose your defects to others.

The sea does not contain all the pearls, the earth does not enclose all the treasures, and the flint-stone does not inclose all the diamonds, since the head of man encloses wisdom.

I have often found a small stream at its fountain-head, that, when followed up, carried away the camel with his load.

Kings stand more in need of the company of the intelligent than the intelligent do of the society of kings.