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Friedrich Max Muller Quotes

«If a man becomes fat and a great eater, if he is sleepy and rolls himself about, that fool, like a hog fed on wash, is born again and again.»
«This mind of mine went formerly wandering about as it liked, as it listed, as it pleased; but I shall now hold it in thoroughly, as the rider who holds the hook holds in the furious elephant.»
«Be not thoughtless, watch your thoughts!»
«Draw yourself out of the evil way, like an elephant sunk in mud.»
«If a man find a prudent companion who walks with him, is wise, and lives soberly, he may walk with him, overcoming all dangers, happy, but considerate.»
«It is better to live alone, there is no companionship with a fool.»
«Let a man walk alone, let him commit no sin, with few wishes, like an elephant in the forest.»
«If an occasion arises, friends are pleasant; enjoyment is pleasant, whatever be the cause.»
«A good work is pleasant in the hour of death; the giving up of all grief is pleasant.»
«Pleasant is virtue lasting to old age, pleasant is a faith firmly rooted.»

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