He who crosses the ocean twice without washing is a dirty double crosser.

It is easy to hate and it is difficult to love. This is how the whole scheme of things works. All good things are difficult to achieve; and bad things are very easy to get.

If either wealth or poverty are come by honesty, there is no shame.

Ask yourself constantly, "What is the right thing to do?" Behave toward everyone as if receiving a great guest.

Every truth has four corners: as a teacher I give you one corner, and it is for you to find the other three.

Respect yourself and others will respect you.

If a man remembers what is right at the sign of profit, is ready to lay down his life in the face of danger, and does not forget sentiments he has repeated all his life when he has been in straitened circumstances for a long time, he may be said to be a complete man.