Kings may be judges of the earth, but wise men are the judges of kings.

There are three types of friends: those like food without which you can’t live those like medicine which you need occasionally and those like an illness which you never want.

My friend is he who will tell me my faults in private.

The Sage was asked to define good manners? to which he replied, To bear patiently the rude ones.

Plan for this world as if you expect to live forever; but plan for the hereafter as if you expect to die tomorrow.

And when I was born, I drew in the common air, and fell upon the earth, which is of like nature; and the first voice which I uttered was crying, as all others do.

Your secret is your prisoner; once you reveal it, you become its slave.

One is punished by the very things by which he sins.

A man’s mind is hidden in his writings: criticism brings it to light.

If you want to keep something concealed from your enemy, don’t disclose it to your friend.

A wise man’s questions contain half the answer.

Many men hoard for the future husbands of their wives.

All men have one entrance into life, and the like going out.

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.

Jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals thereof are coals of fire.