Memory is not only unruly, leaving us in the lurch when most needed, but stupid as well, putting its nose into places where it is not wanted.

Never open the door to a lesser evil, for other and greater ones invariably slink in after it.

A wise man gets more use from his enemies than a fool from his friends.

Be first the master of yourself

The best skill at cards is knowing when to discard.

A beautiful woman should break her mirror early.

One should cultivate good habits of memory, for it is capable of making existence a Paradise or an Inferno.

Cunning grows in deceit at seeing itself discovered, and tries to deceive with truth itself.

For the advice in a joke is sometimes more useful than the most serious teaching.

Rivalry discovers that courtesy overlooks.

Embrace each other with joyful smiles and sacred kiss.

If human foolishness had been as carefully nurtured and cultivated as intelligence has been for centuries, perhaps it would have turned into something extremely precious.

First they will laugh... after that they will either deny or follow you.

You never really know something until you teach it to someone else.

The nearer to the church, the further from God.

God blesses us more so that we can be more of a blessing to others.

A master salesman is one who takes the offensive and never the defensive sale of an argument, if argument arises.

The word devil is very beautiful, if you read it backwards it becomes lived.

The longer you delay, the more your sin gets strength and rooting. If you cannot bend a twig, how will you be able to bend it when it is a tree?

. . . Harboring an emotion as powerful as gratitude has power of its own.