Advice If one man says to thee, Thou art a donkey, pay no heed. If two speak thus, purchase a saddle. If one man says to thee, Thou art a donkey, pay no heed. If two speak thus, purchase a saddle.YOU MAY ALSO LIKE ยปThis is the punishment of a liar: he is not believed, even when he speaks the truth.Who is a wise man? He who learns of all men.Greater even than the pious man is he who eats that which is the fruit of his own toil; for scripture declares him twice-blessed.Man has three friends on whose company he relies. First, wealth which goes with him only while good fortune lasts. Second, his relatives; they go only as far as the grave, leave him there. The third friend, his good deeds, go with him beyond the grave.A quotation at the right moment is like bread to the famished.Thy friend has a friend, and thy friend’s friend has a friend; be discreet.