Everything has its beauty but not everyone sees it. To see it a person only needs to imagine how it could be worse.
He who merely knows right principles is not equal to him who loves them.
If a man has no humaneness what can his propriety be like? If a man has no humaneness what can his happiness be like?
Whatever heaven ordains is best.
I have yet to meet a man as fond of high moral conduct as he is of outward appearances.
He who is really kind, can never be unhappy