Whoever hath washed his hands of living – utters his mind without misgiving

However much you are read in theory, if thou hast no practice thou art ignorant

Whoever contends with the great sheds his own blood

He who learns the rules of wisdom, without conforming to them in his life, is like a man who labored in his fields, but did not sow

Whoever has his foe at his mercy, and does not kill him, is his own enemy

A man is insensible to the relish of prosperity till he has tasted adversity

Whoever acquires knowledge and does not practice it resembles him who plows his land and leaves it unsown

If thou covetest riches, ask not but for contentment, which is an immense treasure

Whenever you argue with another wiser than yourself in order that others may admire your wisdom, they will discover your ignorance

To give pleasure to a single heart by a single kind act is better than a thousand head-bowings in prayer

Whoever interrupts the conversation of others to make a display of his fund of knowledge, makes notorious his own stock of ignorance

They asked Lucman, the fabulist, ‘From whom did you learn manners?’ He answered: ‘From the unmannerly