Sir, in carrying on your government, why should you use killing at all? Let your evinced desires be for what is good, and the people will be good. The relation between superiors and inferiors is like that between the wind and the grass. The grass must bend, when the wind blows across it.
The mirror reflects all objects without being sullied
It is only the very wisest and the very stupidest who never change.
Even if people do not know what real kindness is, they nonetheless have it within them.
A man who does not think and plan long ahead will find trouble right at his door.
To govern is to correct. If you set an example by being correct, who would dare to remain incorrect?