Let our reason, and not our senses, be the rule of our conduct; for reason will teach us to think wisely, to speak prudently, and to behave worthily.

By nature, men are nearly alike; by practice, they get to be wide apart.

In a district of ten families, there must be someone as honorable and sincere as I, but none as fond of learning.

Our headstrong passions shut the door of our souls against God.

See a person's means ... Observe his motives. Examine that in which he rests. How can a person conceal his character?

A good man regards the root; he fixes the root, and ail else flows out of it. The root is filial piety; the fruit brotherly love.

Every piece of marble has a statue in it waiting to be released by a person of sufficient skill to chip away the unnecessary parts. Just as the sculptor is to the marble, so is education to the soul. It releases it. For only educated people are free people. You cannot create a statue by smashing the marble with a hammer, and you cannot by the force of arms release the spirit or the soul of people.