Of neighborhoods, benevolence is the most beautiful. How can the man be considered wise who when he had the choice does not settle in benevolence.

The Master was entirely free from four things: prejudice, foregone conclusions, obstinacy, and egoism.

The highest kind of man is the one who does before talking and practices what he professes.

It was by music that the ancient kings gave elegant expression to their joy. By their armies and axes they gave the same to their anger.

Love of goodness without love of learning degenerates into simple-mindedness. Love of knowledge without love of learning degenerates into utter lack of principle. Love of faithfulness without love of learning degenerates into injurious disregard of consequences. Love of uprightness without love of learning degenerates into harshness. Love of courage without love of learning degenerates into insubordination. Love of strong character without love of learning degenerates into mere recklessness.

A youth is to be regarded with respect. How do we know that his future will not be equal to our present? If he reach the age of forty or fifty, and has not made himself heard of, then indeed he will not be worth being regarded with respect.

Of all that Heaven produces and nourishes, there is none so great as man.