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

He will deal harshly by a stranger who has not been himself often a traveller or stranger.

The sons of Adam are limbs of each other, Having been created of one essence. When the calamity of time affects one limb, the other limbs cannot remain at rest. If you have no sympathy for the troubles of others, You are unworthy to be called by the name of a human.

He who, when he hath the power, doeth not good, when he loses the means will suffer distress. There is not a more unfortunate wretch than the oppressor; for in the day of adversity nobody is his friend.

He who is indifferent to the suffering of others is a traitor to that which is truly human.

Be not in the desire of thine own ease.

Were the diver to think on the jaws of the shark, he would never lay hands on the precious pearl.