The gentleman holds justice to be of highest importance. If a gentleman has courage but neglects justice, he becomes insurgent. If an inferior man has courage but neglects justice, he becomes a thief.

Slater soaks into the mind as water into low and marshy places, where it becomes stagnant and offensive.

Love of goodness without love of learning degenerates into simple-mindedness. Love of knowledge without love of learning degenerates into utter lack of principle. Love of faithfulness without love of learning degenerates into injurious disregard of consequences. Love of uprightness without love of learning degenerates into harshness. Love of courage without love of learning degenerates into insubordination. Love of strong character without love of learning degenerates into mere recklessness.

The man of wisdom is never of two minds; the man of benevolence never worries; the man of courage is never afraid.

A good man is not mine to see. Could I see a man possessed of constancy, that would satisfy me.

When young, beware of fighting; when strong, beware of sex; and when old, beware of possession.

What can a man do with music who is not benevolent?