We take greater pains to persuade others that we are happy than in endeavoring to think so ourselves

Women and people of low birth are very hard to deal with. If you are friendly to them, they get out of hand, and if you keep your distance, they resent it.

Girl who sit on Judge's lap get honorable discharge.

There are three marks of a superior man: being virtuous, he is free from anxiety; being wise, he is free from perplexity; being brave, he is free from fear.

To err and not reform, this may indeed be called error.

To prefer it is better than to only know it. To delight in it is better than merely to prefer it.

Transport a handful of earth everyday and you will make a mountain.