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Affliction is the touchstone of friendship.

An elephant may be stopped by a kick; for the headstrong there is no remedy.

As a showman displays his puppets while he himself remains concealed, so God governs mankind unseen by them.

The weak should ally themselves with the strong: a rivulet reaches the sea by the river's aid.

The sky seems as if limited and a firefly looks like fire, but the one has no bounds and the other no fire.

Let a sinner listen to the Scriptures, he will not relinquish his vile nature: though a coal be washed in milk, its blackness does not disappear.

Fire burns without speaking; the sun shines silently; silently the earth supports all creatures, moving and stationary.

To a man of weak intellect the death of a friend is a thorn in his heart; to the wise man it is as extracted, for death is the gateway of happiness.