Men's natures are alike; it is their habits that separate them.

A gentleman considers justice to be essential in everything. He practices it according to the principles of propriety. He brings it forth in modesty and faithfully completes it. This is indeed a gentleman.

To acknowledge our faults when we are blamed, is modesty; to discover them to one's friends in ingenuousness, is confidence; but to preach them to all the world, if one does not take care, is pride.

Remember even when alone, that the divine is everywhere.

Wisdom is worried for being slow in its speech and expeditious in its actions.

Expect much from yourself and little from others and you will avoid incurring resentments

When you are laboring for others, let it be with the same zeal as if it were for yourself.