The fearful man has fearful thoughts.
Lovers' quarrels do not last long.
Try to do good to everyone, not just yourself.
Fearful and weak is the heart in ignorance, and not in its essence. If I once knew a brave man and now find him fearful, I understand that this did not happen from a vice of nature, because nature does not change so much.
The time of sorrow is not when we suffer evil, but when we commit it.
Man continually increases the useful by severity and labor.
Let us help those poor people, who ask us for it, and even if they deceive us, let us not give it too much importance. Because such kindness, forgiveness and good deserve each of us.
Simple people can also cheat, and not once, but not everyone is able to behave like this at the right time.
Man's dignity does not lie in his origin. God did not create slavery, He gave man freedom.
Just as the soul without a body cannot be called a man, neither can the body without a soul.
When you feed the poor, consider that you have fed yourself. This is the quality of our deed: what we give them comes back to us.
He who does not need another, but lives independently, is richer than all.
Better to be in the dark than to have no friends.
Better bread with salt in a time of peace and no sorrow, than a multitude of platters in a time of sorrow and pain.
It is not permissible to harm or hate anyone, whoever he may be, scoundrel or heretic, as long as it does not harm your soul.
You must neither run away from the battle nor challenge it first: that way the victory will be more resounding.
Nothing disturbs the purity of the mind, and the beauty, and the wisdom more than groundless anger, scattered everywhere with fearful roars.
The word can do as much as it can destroy fear.
Do you want to get well? Do good to your neighbor.
Fools are richer in dreams than in fortunes.
A good deed never permanently perishes. He who sows kindness reaps friendship; he who sows kindness reaps the fruit of love; the joy that flows from a noble soul has never been unfruitful, and gratitude usually brings its reward.
What is obtained by labor is received and kept with joy; and what is gained without work, disappears quickly.
The evil one does not see what is evil.
When the heart rejoices, the face blossoms.
Education by force cannot be thorough, but only that which penetrates with joy and cheerfulness remains deeply rooted in receptive souls.
Do not tell me: "I have famous great-grandfathers and fathers" - the righteous law commands everyone to boast about his own life.
It is not words that cause pain, but the insolence and arrogance that have offended us.
If someone made you sad, don't be sad, because you will become like him. For no one overcomes evil with evil, but evil with good.
For the sake of the one you live for, don't be afraid to die.
It is for the dead to oversleep, and not for the living.