True friends are the whole world to one another; and he that is a friend to himself is also a friend to mankind. Even in my studies the greatest delight I take is of imparting it to others; for there is no relish to me in the possessing of anything without a partner.

The physician cannot prescribe by letter, he must feel the pulse.

Misfortune is the test of a person's merit.

The road by precepts is tedious, by example, short and efficacious.

Great grief does not of itself put an end to itself.

I am not born from a single place. My country is the whole world.

He is a king who fears nothing, he is a king who desires nothing!