The general of a large army may be defeated, but you cannot defeat the determined mind of a peasant.

The man who asks a question is a fool for a minute, the man who does not ask is a fool for life.

Every thoughtful pin on pinterest has beauty. But not everyone can see.

Do not impose on others what you yourself do not desire.

Behave when away from home as though you were in the presence of an honored guest. Employ the people as though you were assisting at an important sacrifice. Do not do to others what you would not like yourself. Then there will be no feelings of opposition to you, whether it is the affairs of a state that you are handling or the affairs of a family.

The failure to cultivate virtue, the failure to examine and analyze what I have learned, the inability to move toward righteousness after being shown the way, the inability to correct my faults-these are the causes of my grief.

Without an acquaintance with the rules of propriety, it is impossible for the character to be established