Kings may be judges of the earth, but wise men are the judges of kings.
Jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals thereof are coals of fire.
The test of good manners is to be patient with the bad ones.
As the lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters.
I am better able to retract what I did not say than what I did.
My friend is he who will tell me my faults in private.