Everyone calls himself a friend, but only a fool relies on it; nothing is commoner than the name, nothing rarer than the thing. |
Everyone has his faults which he continually repeats; neither fear nor shame can cure them |
Friendship is the shadow of the evening, which increases with the setting sun of life |
He knows the universe and does not know himself. |
Help thyself and Heaven will help thee |
Help yourself, and Heaven will help you. |
I bend and do not break |
I bend but do not break. |
In all matters one must consider the end. |
In this world we must help one another. |
It is a double pleasure to deceive the deceiver |
It is double pleasing to trick the trickster. |
It is impossible to please all the world and one's father |
It's a double pleasure to trick the trickster. |
Let ignorance talk as it will, learning has its value |