From a grain of sand in the Pearl comes.

A reasonable man adjusts himself to the world. An unreasonable man expects the world to adjust itself to him. Therefore all progress is made by unreasonable people.

In a hamlet of ten households, there are bound to be those who are my equal in doing their best for others and in being trustworthy in what they say, but they are unlikely to be as eager to learn as I am.

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

If a man is not good, what has he to do with the rules of propriety? If he is not good, what has he to do with music?

To see and listen to the wicked is already the beginning of wickedness.

The great man is sparing in words but prodigal in deeds.