Not to mend one's ways when one has erred is to err indeed.

It is easy to hate and it is difficult to love. This is how the whole scheme of things works. All good things are difficult to achieve; and bad things are very easy to get.

I have never seen a man as fond of virtue as of women.

The book salesman should be honored because he brings to our attention, as a rule, the very books we need most and neglect most.

The Path is not far from man. When men try to pursue a course, which is far from the common indications of consciousness, this course cannot be considered The Path.

Which demands a lot of himself and some others, will be free from hatred.

There are three friendships which are advantageous, and three which are injurious. Friendship with the upright; friendship with the sincere; and friendship with the man of much observation: these are advantageous. Friendship with the man of specious airs; friendship with the insinuatingly soft; and friendship with the glib-tongued: these are injurious.