Wealth tends to create enemies, whereas knowledge tends to warm hearts.

A man's worth depends upon the nobility of his aspirations.

Two things cause people to be destroyed: fear of poverty and seeking superiority through pride.

Asceticism is not that you should not own anything, but that nothing should own you.

The worst of our faults is our interest in other people's faults.

A man's behavior is the index of the man, and his discourse is the index of his understanding.

To maintain nice relation with the people is half of intelligence, nice questioning is half of knowledge, and nice domestic arrangements is half of the management of livelihood.