It is true that we shall not be able to reach perfection, but in our struggle toward it we shall strengthen our characters and give stability to our ideas, so that, whilst ever advancing calmly in the same direction, we shall be rendered capable of applying the faculties with which we have been gifted to the best possible account.

One who can move mountains start with the little stones.

From the Son of Heaven down to the mass of the people, all must consider the cultivation of the person the root of everything besides.

Silence is a true friend who never betrays.

Be aroused by poetry; structure yourself with propriety, refine yourself with music.

I have never seen a man as fond of virtue as of women.

He who take cookie to bed have crummy night ahead.