Forgiveness is commendable, but apply not ointment to the wound of an oppressor.
Riches are intended for the comfort of life, and not life for the purpose of hoarding riches.
There is no great difficulty to separate the soul from the body, but it is not so easy to restore life to the dead.
Whoever acquires knowledge but does not practice it is as one who ploughs but does not sow.
Two orders of mankind are the enemies of church and state; the king without clemency, and the holy man without learning.
Whatever is produced in haste goes hastily to waste.