Occupation: Poet
It is compassion, the most gracious of virtues, Which moves the world..
They who in trouble untroubled are Will trouble trouble itself..
Worthless are those who injure others vengefully, while those who stoically endure are like stored gold. The gratification of the vengeful lasts only….
The only gift is giving to the poor; All else is exchange..
There is no greater wealth than Virtue,And no greater loss than to forget it..
Those who pretend to know what they don't, will be thought ignorant of even what they know..
Nothing is impossible for those who act after wise counsel and careful thought..
Not every light is a true light; To the wise the light of truth is light itself..
How can one, who eats the flesh of others to swell his flesh, show compassion?.
Better the arrow that missed the lion than the one that killed a rabbit..
Among a man's many good possessions, A good command of speech has no equal. Prosperity and ruin issue from the power of the tongue. Therefore, guard ….
As the quality of water changes with the nature of the soil;So will a man's reason vary with the quality of his friends..
The lotus' stem is as long as the depth of water, So men's height is just as great as their inner strength..
Those who have wisdom have all: Fools with all have nothing..
To use bitter words, when kind words are at hand, Is like picking unripe fruit when the ripe fruit is there..
Great wealth, like a crowd at a concert, Gathers and melts..
The ignorant torment themselves more than they do others..
Real kindness seeks no return..
Friendship with the wise gets better with time, as a good book gets better with age..
A fortress is of no use to cowards..
The biggest fool is he who has learned much, taught much, and is still discontented..