At seventy, I could follow the dictates of my own heart; for what I desired no longer overstepped the boundaries of right.

First there must be order and harmony within your own mind.

Transport a handful of earth everyday and you will make a mountain.

The injury of prodigality leads to this, that he who will not economize will have to agonize.

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.

Make faithfulness and truth thy masters: have no friends unlike thyself: be not ashamed to mend thy faults.

There are three things against which the wise man guards: lust when young, quarrels when strong, and covetousness when old.