Never do to others what you would not like them to do to you.
The proper man understands equity, the small man profits.
You must find time for reading, or surrender yourself to self-chosen ignorance.
Be aroused by poetry; structure yourself with propriety, refine yourself with music.
We should feel sorrow, but not sink under its oppression.
As in the case of making a mound, if, before the very last basketful, I stop, then I shall have stopped. As in the case of leveling the ground, if, though tipping only one basketful, I am going forward, then I shall be making progress.