Long is the night to him who is awake; long is a mile to him who is tired; long is life to the foolish who do not know the true law.

Men are wise in proportion, not to their experience, but to their capacity for experience.

No man can be a pure specialist without being in the strict sense an idiot.

The liar's punishment is, not in the least that he is not believed, but that he cannot believe anyone else.

He is a pandit (man of knowledge) who speaks what is suitable to the occasion, who renders loving service according to his ability, and who knows the limits of his anger.

The learned are envied by the foolish; rich men by the poor; chaste women by adulteresses; and beautiful ladies by ugly ones.