Unify your attention. Do not listen with your ears, but with your mind. Do not listen with your mind but with your essence.
A good man will certainly also possess courage; but a brave man is not necessarily good.
A gentleman would be ashamed should his deeds not match his words.
Only after Winter comes do we know that the pine and the cypress are the last to fade.
Without an acquaintance with the rules of propriety, it is impossible for the character to be established
Never give a sword to a man who can't dance.