_Doing Good_ If one does good, God will interpret it to him for good. _Duty to One's Self_ Do not repair another man's fence until you have seen to your own. _Effort_ You cannot kill game by looking at it. _Evil Doer_ The evil doer is ever anxious. _Experience_ We begin by being foolish and we become wise by experience. _Familiarity_ Familiarity induces contempt, but distance secures respect. _Faults_ Faults are like a hill, you stand on your own and you talk about those of other people. _Faults of the Rich_ If thou art poor, do not make a rich man thy friend. If thou goest to a foreign country, do not alight at a rich man's house. _Favor of the Great_ To love the king is not bad, but a king who loves you is better. _Folly_ After a foolish action comes remorse. _Forethought_ A person prepared beforehand is better than after reflection. The day on which one starts is not the time to commence one's preparation. _Forgiveness_ He who forgives ends the quarrel. _Friends_ There are three friends in this world--courage, sense, and insight. _Friendship_ Hold a true friend with both of your hands. _Future_ Thou knowest the past but not the future. As to what is future, even a bird with a long neck can not see it, but God only. _Gossip_ Gossip is unbecoming an elder. _Gentleness_ A matter dealt with gently is sure to prosper, but a matter dealt with violently causes vexation. _Hate_ There is no medicine for hate. _Heart_ It is the heart that carries one to heaven. _Heathen_ He is a heathen who bears malice. _Hope_ Hope is the pillar of the world. _Ignorance_ Lack of knowledge is darker than night. An ignorant man is always a slave. Whoever works without knowledge works uselessly. _Immortality_ Since thou hast no benefactor in this world, thy having one in the next world will be all the more pleasant. _Injury_ He who injures another brings injury upon himself. _Laziness_ Laziness lends assistance to fatigue. A lazy man looks for light employment. _Love_ One does not love another if one does not accept anything from him. If you love the children of others, you will love your own even better. _Meekness_ If one knows thee not or a blind man scolds thee, do not become angry. _Mother_ Him whose mother is no more, distress carries off. _Necessity of Effort_ The sieve never sifts meal by itself. _Old Age_ There are no charms or medicine against old age. _Opportunity_ The dawn does not come twice to wake a man. _Patience_ At the bottom of patience there is heaven. Patience is the best of qualities; he who possesses it possesses all things. _People_ Ordinary people are as common as grass, but good people are dearer than the eye.