Humankind differs from the animals only by a little and most people throw that away.

He with whom neither slander that gradually soaks into the mind, nor statements that startle like a wound in the flesh, are successful may be called intelligent indeed.

If you don't want to do something,don't impose on others

Learning without thought is labour lost.

Who expects to be able to go out of a house except by the door? How is it then that no one follows this Way of ours?

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

Love thy neighbor as thyself: Do not do to others what thou wouldst not wish be done to thyself: Forgive injuries. Forgive thy enemy, be reconciled to him, give him assistance, invoke God in his behalf.