When you see a good man, try to emulate his example, and when you see a bad man, search yourself for his faults.

The Essence of Knowledge is, having it, to use it.

If either wealth or poverty are come by honesty, there is no shame.

I have not seen one who loves virtue as he loves beauty.

To err and not reform, this may indeed be called error.

It is only the very wisest and the very stupidest who never change.

There is good government when those who are near are made happy, and when those who are afar are attracted.