Answer a fool according to his folly, Lest he be wise in his own eyes.
Of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh.
Whoever stubbornly refuses to accept criticism will suddenly be broken beyond repair.
Your own soul is nourished when you are kind; it is destroyed when you are cruel.
Under the Sun the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, nor bread to the wise, nor wealth to the intelligent, nor success to the skillful, but time and chance govern all. For man does not know his time.
For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he.