Charity is that rational and constant affection which makes us sacrifice ourselves to the human race, as if we were united with it, so as to form one individual, partaking equally in its adversity and prosperity.

Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it.

A happy union with wife and child is like the music of lutes and harps.

Even if I could, I would not exahnge their virtues for my own. And that is why they are intent on learning from me.

Heaven sends down its good and evil symbols and wise men act accordingly.

True knowledge is when one knows the limitations of one's knowledge.

When wealth is centralized, the people are dispersed. When wealth is distributed, the people are brought together.