It's not beauty but fine qualities, my girl, that keep a husband.
Danger gleams like sunshine to a brave man's eyes.
Wealth stays with us a little moment if at all: only our characters are steadfast, not our gold.
One loyal friend is worth ten thousand relatives.
Lucky that man whose children make his happiness in life and not his grief, the anguished disappointment of his hopes.
Fortune truly helps those who are of good judgment.
'Twas but my tongue, 'twas not my soul that swore.
When a man's stomach is full it makes no difference whether he is rich or poor.
Youth is the best time to be rich, and the best time to be poor.
Whoso neglects learning in his youth, loses the past and is dead for the future.
Love is all we have, the only way that each can help the other.
This is slavery, not to speak one's thought.
He is not a lover who does not love forever.
New faces have more authority than accustomed ones.
The good and the wise lead quiet lives.
Human misery must somewhere have a stop; there is no wind that always blows a storm.
The best and safest thing is to keep a balance in your life, acknowledge the great powers around us and in us. If you can do that, and live that way, you are really a wise man.
There is the sky, which is all men's together.
God hates violence. He has ordained that all men fairly possess their property, not seize it.
Slight not what's near through aiming at what's far.
Those whom God wishes to destroy, he first makes mad.
One does nothing who tries to console a despondent person with word. A friend is one who aids with deeds at a critical time when deeds are called for.
The best of seers is he who guesses well.
Prosperity is full of friends.
Down on your knees, and thank heaven, fasting, for a good man's love.
Authority is never without hate.