Rate the task above the prize; will not the mind be raised? Fight thine own faults, not the faults of others; will not evil be mended?

If a man is not good, what has he to do with the rules of propriety? If he is not good, what has he to do with music?

In your promises cleave to what is right, And you will be able to fulfill your word.

The man who asks a question is a fool for a minute, the man who does not ask is a fool for life.

If language is not correct, then what is said is not what is meant; if what is said is not what is meant, then what must be done remains undone; if this remains undone, morals and art will deteriorate; if justice goes astray, the people will stand about in helpless confusion. Hence there must be no arbitrariness in what is said. This matters above everything.

Coarse rice to eat, water to drink, my bended arm for a pillow - therein is happiness. Wealth and rank attained through immoral means are nothing but drifting clouds.

Never overlook wallflower at dance; may be dandelion in grass.