What you dislike in your superiors, avoid doing to your inferiors. What you dislike in your inferiors, avoid doing when working for your superiors. What you hate in those who are in front of you, do not do to those behind you.

People with virtue must speak out; People who speak are not all virtuous.

There are three things to beware of through life: when a man is young, let him beware of his appetites; when he is middle-aged, of his passions; and when old, of covetousness, especially.

Everything has its beauty but not everyone sees it. To see it a person only needs to imagine how it could be worse.

Sincerity is that whereby self-completion is effected, and its way is that by which man must direct himself.

The gentleman desires to be halting in speech but quick in action.

I am not concerned that I am not known, I seek to be worthy to be known.