Those whose courses are different cannot lay plans for one another.

Good is no hermit. It has ever neighbors.

Virtue is not left to stand alone. He who practices it will have neighbors.

If the search for riches were sure to be successful, though I should become a groom with a whip in my hand to get them, I will do so. As the search may not be successful, I will follow after that which I love.

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

The man who in view of gain thinks of righteousness; who in the view of danger is prepared to give up his life; and who does not forget an old agreement however far back it extends - such a man may be reckoned a complete man.

Sincerity is the end and beginning of things; without sincerity there would be nothing.