Book of Wise Sayings

book is the world; the best friend is God.

_Talmud._

80.

A woman will not throw away a garland, though soiled, which her lover gave: not in the object lies a present's worth, but in the love which it was meant to mark.

_Bharavi._

81.

Men who have not observed discipline, and have not gained treasure in their youth, perish like old herons in a lake ...