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

If of thy mortal goods thoU art bereft And from thy slender store two loaves alone to thee are left Sell one and with the dole Buy hyacinths to feed thy soul.

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

The greedy man is incontent with a whole world set before him.

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

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

People are crying up the rich and variegated plumage of the peacock and he is himself blushing at the sight of his ugly feet.

Were the diver to think on the jaws of the shark he would never lay hands on the precious pearl.

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

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