He who speaks without modesty will find it difficult to make his words good.

Do not answer the person whose questions are vile. Do not question a person whose answers are vile.

A happy union with wife and child is like the music of lutes and harps.

When a man comes to me, I accept him at his best, not at his worst. Why make so much ado? When a man washes his hands before paying a visit, and you receive him in that clean state, you do not thereby stand surety for his always having been clean in the past.

Have no friends not equal to yourself.

A man is great not because he hasn't failed; a man is great because failure hasn't stopped him.

The higher type of man clings to virtue, the lower type of man clings to material comfort. The higher type of man cherishes justice, the lower type of man cherishes the hope of favors to be received.