A Nation's character is typified by its dancers.
Fine words and an insinuating appearance are seldom associated with true virtue.
Conscience is the inner voice which warns us that someone might be looking. Hear and you forget, see and you remember, do and you understand.
Excessive (population) growth may reduce output per worker, repress levels of living for the masses and engender strife
The great man is sparing in words but prodigal in deeds.
Friendship with the upright, with the truthful and with the well informed is beneficial. Friendship with those who flatter, with those who are meek and who compromise with principles, and with those who talk cleverly is harmful.