Those whose courses are different cannot lay plans for one another.
As the water shapes itself to the vessel that contains it, so a wise man adapts himself to circumstances.
Don't make to others what you don't want them to make to you.
The vices come as passengers, visit us as guest and stay as masters.
If I am virtuous and worthy, for whom should I not maintain a proper concern?
Even in killing men, observe the rules of propriety.