All men are born good.

A person of character takes as much trouble to discover what is right as the lesser men take to discover what will pay.

The faults of a superior person are like the sun and moon. They have their faults, and everyone sees them; they change and everyone looks up to them.

Every piece of marble has a statue in it waiting to be released by a person of sufficient skill to chip away the unnecessary parts. Just as the sculptor is to the marble, so is education to the soul. It releases it. For only educated people are free people. You cannot create a statue by smashing the marble with a hammer, and you cannot by the force of arms release the spirit or the soul of people.

He who works for his own interests will arouse much animosity

Never hesitate to ask a lesser person.

If you try to do too much, you will not achieve anything.