He who is really good can never be unhappy. He who is really wise can never be perplexed. He who is really brave is never afraid.

When music and courtesy are better understood and appreciated, there will be no war.

The noble-minded are calm and steady. Little people are forever fussing and fretting.

Not to alter one's faults is to be faulty indeed.

Not to mend one's ways when one has erred is to err indeed.

Is virtue a thing remote? I wish to be virtuous, and lo! Virtue is at hand.

The wise are free from perplexities; the virtuous from anxiety; and the bold from fear.