Every leaf of the tree becomes a page of the book, once the heart is opened and it has learnt to read.
The severity of the master is more useful than the indulgence of the father.
Publish not men's secret faults, for by disgracing them you make yourself of no repute.
Two orders of mankind are the enemies of church and state; the king without clemency, and the holy man without learning.
That knave preserves the pearl in his purse who considers all people purse-cuts.
Man is, beyond dispute, the most excellent of created beings, and the vilest animal is a dog; but the sages agree that a grateful dog is better than an ungrateful man.