If I am building a mountain and stop before the last basketful of earth is placed on the summit, I have failed.

There is good government when those who are near are made happy, and when those who are afar are attracted.

Virtuous people often revenge themselves for the constraints to which they submit by the boredom which they inspire.

The funniest people are the saddest once

To lead uninstructed people to war is to throw them away.

Let our reason, and not our senses, be the rule of our conduct; for reason will teach us to think wisely, to speak prudently, and to behave worthily.

The superior man is easy to serve, but difficult to please ... The inferior man is difficult to serve, but easy to please.