Holiness comes by holy deeds. Not starving flesh of daily needs.

To use the hands in making quicklime into mortar is better than to cross them on the breast in attendance on a prince.

Joy and sorrow, beauty and deformity, equally pass away.

No reliance can be placed on the friendship of kings, nor vain hope put in the melodious voice of boys; for that passes away like a vision, and this vanishes like a dream.

Whosoever formeth an intimacy with the enemies of his friends, does so to injure the latter. O wise man! wash your hands of that friend who associates with your enemies.

A handsome woman is a jewel; a good woman is a treasure.

Court the society of a superior, and make much of the opportunity; for in the company of an equal thy good fortune must decline.