Health, longevity, beauty, are other names for personal purity; and temperance is the regimen for all.
Fullness is always quiet; agitation will answer for empty vessels only.
Right is the royal ruler alone; and he who rules with least restraint comes nearest to empire.
Nature is thought immersed in matter. . .
Heaven trims our lamps while we sleep.
Cleanse the fountain if you would purify the streams.