There is no useful thing which may not be turned to an injurious purpose.
Men do not value a good deed unless it brings a reward.
Trivial losses often prove great gains.
What makes men indifferent to their wives is that they can see them when they please.
Yield to him who opposes you; by yielding you conquer.
As the yellow gold is tried in fire, so the faith of friendship must be seen in adversity.
Work while your strength and years permit you; crooked age will by-and-by come upon you with silent foot.
Envy assails the noblest: the winds howl around the highest peaks.
If you count the sunny and the cloudy days of the whole year, you will find that the sunshine predominates.
The lamp burns bright when wick and oil are clean.
Pure women are only those who have not been asked.
Skill makes love unending.
I shall speak facts; but some will say I deal in fiction.
A field becomes exhausted by constant tillage.
Give way to your opponent; thus will you gain the crown of victory.
Rest strengthens the body, the mind too is thus supported; but unremitting toil destroys both.
A ruler should be slow to punish and swift to reward.
Meet the disorder in the outset, the medicine may be too late, when the disease has gained ground through delay.
Every one who repeats it adds something to the scandal. [The rolling snow-ball.]
The time will come when you will hate the sight of a mirror.
All love is vanquished by a succeeding love.
Only the mind cannot be sent into exile.
Well has he lived who has lived well in obscurity.
The result proves the wisdom of the act.
There is nothing in the whole world which abides. All things are in a state of ebb and flow, and every shadow passes away. Even time itself, like a river, is constantly gliding away .
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