All men have one entrance into life, and the like going out.
– Solomon Ibn Gabirol
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.
– Solomon Ibn Gabirol
As long as a word remains unspoken, you are its master; once you utter it, you are its slave.
– Solomon Ibn Gabirol
As the lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters.
– Solomon Ibn Gabirol
For a double grief came upon them, and a groaning for the remembrance of things past.
– Solomon Ibn Gabirol
I am better able to retract what I did not say than what I did.
– Solomon Ibn Gabirol
If you want to keep something concealed from your enemy, don't disclose it to your friend.
– Solomon Ibn Gabirol
Jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals thereof are coals of fire.
– Solomon Ibn Gabirol
Kings may be judges of the earth, but wise men are the judges of kings.
– Solomon Ibn Gabirol
Many men hoard for the future husbands of their wives.
– Solomon Ibn Gabirol
My friend is he who will tell me my faults in private.
– Solomon Ibn Gabirol
One is punished by the very things by which he sins.
– Solomon Ibn Gabirol
Plan for this world as if you expect to live forever; but plan for the hereafter as if you expect to die tomorrow.
– Solomon Ibn Gabirol
The beginning of wisdom is to desire it.
– Solomon Ibn Gabirol
The test of good manners is to be patient with the bad ones.
– Solomon Ibn Gabirol
Thou hast created me not from necessity but from grace.
– Solomon Ibn Gabirol
Your secret is your prisoner; once you reveal it, you become its slave.