Do good even to the wicked; it is as well to shut a dog's mouth with a crumb.

A wise man among the ignorant is as a beautiful girl in the company of blind men.

Have patience. All things are difficult before they become easy.

Whatever makes an impression on the heart seems lovely in the eye.

I fear God the most, but after Him, I fear those who don't fear Him.

You who feel no pain at the suffering of others It is not fitting for you to be called human.

When the belly is empty, the body becomes spirit; and when it is full, the spirit becomes body.

It's no virtue to gain the whole world. Just gain the heart of one person.

If a gem falls into mud it is still valuable. If dust ascends to heaven, it remains valueless.

The best loved by God are those that are rich, yet have the humility of the poor, and those that are poor and have the magnanimity of the rich.

Whoever acquires knowledge but does not practice it is as one who ploughs but does not sow.

The nature of the ego is to misuse whatever authority one has.

If you can write

No one from the beginning of time has had security.

Purity does not mean crushing the instincts but having the instincts as servants and not the master of the spirit.

Obviously crime pays, or there'd be no crime.

Felting Phil (taking all of his chips down to the felt on the table). I loved beating him and then hed go over to the couch and sulk, staring at the ceiling.

The greatest mistake a person can make is doing nothing.

The message I understood was this: Just don't get caught!

If you've been playing poker for half an hour and you still don't know who the patsy is, you're the patsy.

I think Irish people started to move to the United States - many things that were of consequence. And it was a tiny and mild event compared to what had happened 74,000 years ago.