Be loyal to yourself, charitable to neighbours, nothing more.

If I am building a mountain and stop before the last basketful of earth is placed on the summit, I have failed.

The higher type of man clings to virtue, the lower type of man clings to material comfort. The higher type of man cherishes justice, the lower type of man cherishes the hope of favors to be received.

In vain I have looked for a single man capable of seeing his own faults and bringing the charge home against himself.

Men do not stumble over mountains, but over mole hills.

Possessed of courage but devoid of morality, a superior man will make trouble while a small man will be a brigand.

Not too isolated, not too many relationships, the middle, that's wisdom.