Of journeying the benefits are many: the freshness it bringeth to the heart, the seeing and hearing of marvelous things, the delight of beholding new cities, the meeting of unknown friends, and the learning of high manners |
Of journeying the benefits are many: the freshness it bringeth to the heart, the seeing and hearing of marvelous things, the delight of beholding new cities, the meeting of unknown friends, and the learning of high manners |
Pride thyself on what virtue thou hast, and not on thy parentage |
Roam abroad in the world, and take thy fill of its enjoyments before the day shall come when thou must quit it for good |
Take care what you say before a wall, as you cannot tell who may be behind it |
The rose and the thorn, and sorrow and gladness are linked together |
They asked Lucman, the fabulist, 'From whom did you learn manners?' He answered: 'From the unmannerly |
To give pleasure to a single heart by a single kind act is better than a thousand head-bowings in prayer |
Whenever you argue with another wiser than yourself in order that others may admire your wisdom, they will discover your ignorance |
Whoever acquires knowledge and does not practice it resembles him who plows his land and leaves it unsown |
Whoever contends with the great sheds his own blood |
Whoever has his foe at his mercy, and does not kill him, is his own enemy |
Whoever hath washed his hands of living - utters his mind without misgiving |
Whoever interrupts the conversation of others to make a display of his fund of knowledge, makes notorious his own stock of ignorance |