“Whatever is good to know is difficult to learn.”

“A truth spoken before its time is dangerous.”

“Nothing will content him who is not content with a little.”

“Better the friend we can see than the money we cannot.”

“It is better in times of need to have a friend rather than money.”

“In times of difficulty friendship is on trial.”

“Don't show a friend your gift, or your bag of money if you still want to maintain your relationship, but if nay, go on, and all you'll see is hate and jealousy, and you'll fight with him in the str...”

“Merry hearts are vulnerable to death, don't be over-joyed to the state of oblivion, lest the enemy poison your meal.”

“People aren't born good or bad. Maybe they're born with tendencies either way, but its the way you live your life that matters.”

“Love is such a tremendous force of feeling! When you can't stop loving, you simply cannot stop it.”

“When you think in silence you cannot speak your mind.”

“A successful person will never use the word no, I cannot or it is impossible”

“Despite your best efforts, people are going to be hurt when it's time for them to be hurt.”

“At the end of the day it's about how much you can bear, how much you can endure. Being together, we harm nobody; being apart, we extinguish ourselves.”

“Life is not a PG feel-good movie. Real life often ends badly. Literature tries to document this reality, while showing us it is still possible for us to endure nobly.”