Marry a good woman, and be happy the rest of your life. Or, marry a bad, and become a good philosopher

Young people nowadays love luxury; they have bad manners and contempt for authority. They show disrespect for old people... contradict their parents, talk constantly in front of company, gobble their food and tyrannize their teachers.

Silence is a profound melody, for those who can hear it above all the noise.

But already it is time to depart, for me to die, for you to go on living; which of us takes the better course, is concealed from anyone except God.

Flattery is like friendship in show, but not in fruit.

If the whole world depends on today's youth, I can't see the world lasting another 100 years.

One should never do wrong in return, nor mistreat any man, no matter how one has been mistreated by him.