desire

friend

Desire is the enemy of sense. Ben Gabirol

is one who will tell one one's faults, in private.

My friend is he who will tell me my faults, in private. Ibn Gabirol

is best done when young. To learn in old age is like writing on sand while learning in youth is like engraving on stone.

Learning in old age is like writing on sand... learning in youth is like engraving on stone

is good to the extent to which they are capable of bearing patiently with bad ones.

The test of good manners: to bear patiently with bad ones. Ibn Gabirol

The beginning of wisdom is to desire it. Solomon Ibn Gabirol

is slave to one as long as it remains unspoken. Once it is uttered, one becomes its slave.

As long as a word remains unspoken, you are its master... once you utter it, you are its slave. (Solomon Ibn Gabirol)