The noble-minded are calm and steady. Little people are forever fussing and fretting.
The demands that good people make are upon themselves; Those that bad people make are upon others.
Music produces a kind of pleasure which human nature cannot do without.
A true gentleman makes demands upon himself but not upon others.
The man of wisdom is never of two minds; the man of benevolence never worries; the man of courage is never afraid.
We should feel sorrow, but not sink under its oppression; the heart of a wise man should resemble a mirror, which reflects every object without being sullied by any