A youth is to be regarded with respect. How do we know that his future will not be equal to our present? If he reach the age of forty or fifty, and has not made himself heard of, then indeed he will not be worth being regarded with respect.

To know your faults and be able to change is the greatest virtue.

Unify your attention. Do not listen with your ears, but with your mind. Do not listen with your mind but with your essence.

The gentleman holds justice to be of highest importance. If a gentleman has courage but neglects justice, he becomes insurgent. If an inferior man has courage but neglects justice, he becomes a thief.

A wise man seeks by music to strengthen his soul: the thoughtless one uses it to stifle his fears.

Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it.

Happiness does not consist in having what you want, but in wanting what you have