Authors From Syria

"It is sometimes expedient to forget who we are."

"We may with advantage at times forget what we know."

"Many consult their reputation; but few their conscience."

"The master is a slave when he fears those whom he rules."

"An over-taxed patience gives way to fierce anger."

"A noble steed is not annoyed by the barking of dogs."

"The most formidable enemy lies hid in one's own heart."

"There are some remedies worse than the disease."

"The severest affliction is the one which has never been tried."

"Do not take part in the council, unless you are called."

"Would you have a great empire? Rule over yourself."

"The sinner who repented after the offense, was a little imprudent."

"Hard to bear is the poverty which follows misuse of riches."

"Consider what you ought to say, and not what you think."

"It is bad management when we suffer fortune to be our guide."

"He will become wicked himself, who feasts with the wicked."

"We should bear our destiny, not weep over it."

"He who chases two hares will catch neither."

"He who lives in solitude may make his own laws."

"He bids fair to grow wise, who has discovered that he is not so."

"To control a man against his will, is not to correct him, but injure him."

"Do not despise the lowest steps in the ascent to greatness."

"That is not yours which fortune made yours."

"A noble spirit finds a cure for injustice in forgetting it."

"Human reason grows rich by self-conquest."

"A wise man rules his passions, a fool obeys them."

"Even when we get what we wish, it is not ours."

"The Law keeps her eye on the angry man, when he does not see the Law."

"When Gold argues the cause, eloquence is impotent."

"The more skillfully the language of goodness is assumed, the greater the depravity."

"To receive a favor is to pawn your freedom."

"One day treats us like a hireling nurse, another, like a mother."

"In the presence of a good man, anger is speedily cooled."

"Consult your conscience, rather than popular opinion."

"It is well to moor your bark with two anchors."

"He who is bent on doing evil, can never want occasion."

"Wisdom had rather be buffeted than not be listened to."

"Reproach in misfortune is an unseasonable cruelty."

"Folly had rather be unheard than be buffeted."

"Fear, and not kindness, restrains the vicious."

"He who can get more than belongs to him is apt to accommodate his desires to his opportunity."

"Patience is a remedy for every sorrow."

"Every man is a master in his own calling"

"Delay is always vexatious, but it is wisdom's opportunity."

"Avoid cupidity, and you conquer a kingdom."

"Speed itself is slow when cupidity waits."

"A kindness should be received in the spirit that prompted it."

"Fortune has no lawful control over men's morals."

"The party to which the rabble belong is ever the worst."

"He can best avoid a snare who knows how to set one."