When people are educated, the distinction between classes disappears.

A gentleman does not promote a man on account of what he says; nor does he reject sayings, because the speaker is what he is.

Who expects to be able to go out of a house except by the door? How is it then that no one follows this Way of ours?

Music produces a kind of pleasure which human nature cannot do without.

The man of perfect virtue, wishing to be established himself, seeks also to establish others; wishing to be enlarged himself, he seeks also to enlarge others.

In a country well governed, poverty is something to be ashamed of. In a country badly governed, wealth is something to be ashamed of.

Look not at what is contrary to propriety; listen not to what is contrary to propriety; speak not what is contrary to propriety; make no movement which is contrary to propriety.