Conscience is the inner voice which warns us that someone might be looking. Hear and you forget, see and you remember, do and you understand.

He who merely knows right principles is not equal to him who loves them.

Love of goodness without love of learning degenerates into simple-mindedness. Love of knowledge without love of learning degenerates into utter lack of principle. Love of faithfulness without love of learning degenerates into injurious disregard of consequences. Love of uprightness without love of learning degenerates into harshness. Love of courage without love of learning degenerates into insubordination. Love of strong character without love of learning degenerates into mere recklessness.

The superior man governs men, according to their nature, with what is proper to them, and as soon as they change what is wrong, he stops.

A youth is to be regarded with respect. How do we know that his future will not be equal to our present?

If there were an honorable way to get rich, I’d do it, even if it meant being a stooge standing around with a whip. But there isn’t an honorable way, so I just do what I like.

Love makes a spot beautiful: who chooses not to dwell in love, has he got wisdom?