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

Man is wise only while in search of wisdom; when he imagines he has attained it, he is a fool..

Thou hast created me not from necessity but from grace..

A wise man's questions contain half the answer..

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

I am better able to retract what I did not say than what I did..

As the lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters..

The beginning of wisdom is to desire it..

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

A tiny fly can choke a big man..

There are four types of men in this world: 1. The man who knows, and knows that he knows; he is wise, so consult him. 2. The man who knows, but doesn….

Riches bring anxiety; wisdom gives peace of mind..

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

The test of good manners is to be patient with the bad ones..

The first step in the acquisition of wisdom is silence, the second listening, the third memory, the fourth practice, the fifth teaching others..

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 illn….

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

Many men hoard for the future husbands of their wives..

Worry over what has not occurred is a serious malady..

A wise man's question contains half the answer. Unfortunately the other 50% is harder to come by!.

Drink poison rather than worry..