A friend whom you have been gaining during your whole life, you ought not to be displeased with in a moment. A stone is many years becoming a ruby - take care that you do not destroy it in an instant against another stone.
To pardon the oppressor is to deal harshly with the oppressed.
O Contentment, make me rich! for without thee there is no wealth.
God gives sleep to the bad, in order that the good may be undisturbed.
Publish not men's secret faults, for by disgracing them you make yourself of no repute.
Kings stand more in need of the company of the intelligent than the intelligent do of the society of kings.
To tell a falsehood is like the cut of a saber: for though the wound may heal, the scar of it will remain.
Keep belly lightly loaded, if mind would wisdom see;For bodies crammed to bursting, make empty souls to be.
Virtue pardons the wicked, as the sandal-tree perfumes the axe which strikes it.
Religion is only in the service of the people; it is not in the rosary and the prayer-carpet.
A peace-mingling falsehood is preferable to a mischief-stirring truth.
Every person thinks his own intellect perfect, and his own child handsome.
The sons of Adam are formed from dust; if not humble as the dust, they fall short of being men.
The hand of liberality is stronger than the arm of power.
Were the diver to think on the jaws of the shark, he would never lay hands on the precious pearl.
Nothing is so good for an ignorant man as silence; and if he was sensible of this he would not be ignorant.
Whatever is produced in haste goes hastily to waste.
Riches are for the comfort of life, and not life for the accumulation of riches. I asked a holy wise man, "Who is fortunate and who is unfortunate?" He replied: "He was fortunate who ate and sowed, and he was unfortunate who died without having enjoyed.
When a man appreciates only eating and sleeping, what excellence has he over the reptiles?
All human beings are limbs of the same body. God created them from the same essence. If one part of the body suffers pain, then the whole body is affected. If you are indifferent to this pain, you cannot be called a human being.
Anger that has no limit causes terror, and unseasonable kindness does away with respect. Be not so severe as to cause disgust, nor so lenient as to make people presume.
The true disciple should aim to live for the gospel, rather than to die for it.
I fear God and next to God I mostly fear them that fear him not.
There is a difference between him who claspeth his mistress in his arms, and him whose eyes are fixed on the door expecting her.
A man is insensible to the relish of prosperity until he has tasted adversity.
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