Sir, in carrying on your government, why should you use killing at all? Let your evinced desires be for what is good, and the people will be good. The relation between superiors and inferiors is like that between the wind and the grass. The grass must bend, when the wind blows across it.

Three things cannot long be hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth.

The man of humanity delights in mountains

A hammer shatters glass but it also forges steel.

Fine words and an insinuating appearance are seldom associated with true virtue.

He who kisses girl on hillside is not level

The noble-minded are calm and steady. Little people are forever fussing and fretting.