Listen much, keep silent when in doubt, and always take heed of the tongue; thou wilt make few mistakes. See much, beware of pitfalls, and always give heed to thy walk; thou wilt have little to rue. If thy words are seldom wrong, thy deeds leave little to rue, pay will follow.

To be truly happy and contented, you must let go of what it means to be happy or content.

A gentleman is calm and spacious: the vulgar are always fretting.

If doing what ought to be done be made the first business and success a secondary consideration--is not this the way to exalt virtue?

Love should start from people close to us, then be extended to other people, to strangers, and eventually to the world

Being strong does not mean that you never fall down, but that whenever you fall, you get up again.

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