Without knowing the force of words, it is impossible to know more.

Not to converse with a man worthy of conversation is to waste the man. To converse with a man not worthy of conversation is to waste words. The wise waste neither men nor words.

Everything has its beauty but not everyone sees it. To see it a person only needs to imagine how it could be worse.

To be in one's own heart in kindly sympathy with all things; this is the nature of righteousness

Men's natures are alike; it is their habits that separate them.

There may be men who act without understanding why. I do not. To listen much, pick out the good and follow it; to see much and ponder it: this comes next to understanding.

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.