It is more shameful to distrust our friends than to be deceived by them.

To love a thing means wanting it to live.

The more man meditates upon good thoughts, the better will be his world and the world at large.

There is nothing impossible in all the world except that the heart of man is wanting in resolution.

Heaven, in the production of things, is sure to be bountiful to them, according to their qualities. Hence the tree that is flourishing, it nourishes, while that which is ready to fall, it overthrows.

Only the supremely wise and the ignorant do not alter.

The superior man limits his achievements.