To know your faults and be able to change is the greatest virtue.

The injury of prodigality leads to this, that he who will not economize will have to agonize.

The administration of government lies in getting proper men. Such men are to be got by means of the ruler's own character. That character is to be cultivated by his treading in the ways of duty. And the treading those ways of duty is to be cultivated by the cherishing of benevolence.

The one who was born a genius can't win against the one who tries, and the one who tries can't win against the one who enjoys.

place where man laughs, sings, picks flowers, chases butterflies and pets birds, makes love with maidens, and plays with children. Here he spontaneously reveals his nature, the base as well as the noble. Here also he buries his sorrows and difficulties and cherishes his ideals and hopes. It is in the garden that men discover themselves. Indeed one discovers not only his real self but also his ideal self?he returns to his youth. Inevitably the garden is made the scene of man's merriment, escapades, romantic abandonment, spiritual awakening or the perfection of his finer self.

Wisdom, humanity & courage, these three are universal virtues. The way by which they are practiced are one.

Fine words and an insinuating appearance are seldom associated with true virtue.