When the ruler is obedient to God, God is his protector and friend.
You who feel no pain at the suffering of others It is not fitting for you to be called human.
A peace-mingling falsehood is preferable to a mischief-stirring truth.
There is no great difficulty to separate the soul from the body, but it is not so easy to restore life to the dead.
Where the hand of tyranny is long we do not see the lips of men open with laughter.
He who is indifferent to the suffering of others is a traitor to that which is truly human.