There are three things to beware of through life: when a man is young, let him beware of his appetites; when he is middle-aged, of his passions; and when old, of covetousness, especially.

Knowledge is merely brilliance in organization of ideas and not wisdom. The truly wise person goes beyond knowledge.

Straight-forwardness, without the rules of propriety, becomes rudeness.

The father who does not teach his son his duties is equally guilty with the son who neglects them.

A superior man in dealing with the world is not for anything or against anything. He follows righteousness as the standard.

Education breeds confidence. Confidence breeds hope. Hope breeds peace.

If I give a student one-fourth of what he should know, I expect him to get the other three-fourths himself, otherwise I do not want him as a student.