Benevolence is the characteristic element of humanity.
Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without.
Let mourning stop when one's grief is fully expressed.
If you want happiness for a year, inherit a fortune. If you want happiness for a lifetime, help someone else.
In dealing with the dead, if we treat them as if they were entirely dead, that would show a want of affection and should not be done; or, if we treat them as if they were entirely alive, that would show a want of wisdom and should not be done.
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.