The beginning of wisdom is to desire it.
Worry over what has not occurred is a serious malady.
Jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals thereof are coals of fire.
Kings may be judges of the earth, but wise men are the judges of kings.
The first step in the acquisition of wisdom is silence, the second listening, the third memory, the fourth practice, the fifth teaching others.
All men have one entrance into life, and the like going out.