The mirror reflects all objects without being sullied
Without Goodness one cannot enjoy enduring happiness
Behind every smile there's teeth.
Slater soaks into the mind as water into low and marshy places, where it becomes stagnant and offensive.
To acknowledge our faults when we are blamed, is modesty; to discover them to one's friends in ingenuousness, is confidence; but to preach them to all the world, if one does not take care, is pride.
Among us, in our part of the country, those who are upright are different from this. The father conceals the misconduct of the son, and the son conceals the misconduct of the father. Uprightness is to be found in this.