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.

Sincerity is the way of heaven.

He who wished to secure the good of others, has already secured his own.

I transmit but do not create. I place my trust in the teachings of antiquity.

Time flows away like the water in the river.

The vices come as passengers, visit us as guest and stay as masters.

Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without.