Solomon Ibn Gabirol

“If you want to keep something concealed from your enemy, don't disclose it to your friend.”

“Plan for this world as if you expect to live forever; but plan for the hereafter as if you expect to die tomorrow.”

“Many men hoard for the future husbands of their wives.”

“As the lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters.”

“I am better able to retract what I did not say than what I did.”

“Jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals thereof are coals of fire.”

“And when I was born, I drew in the common air, and fell upon the earth, which is of like nature; and the first voice which I uttered was crying, as all others do.”