Waste begets self-will; thrift begets meanness: but better be mean than self-willed.

The vices come as passengers, visit us as guest and stay as masters.

A person of character takes as much trouble to discover what is right as the lesser men take to discover what will pay.

I know how the birds fly, how the fishes swim, how animals run. But there is the Dragon. I cannot tell how it mounts on the winds through the clouds and flies through heaven. Today I have seen the Dragon.

Man who eat many prunes get good run for money.

A man should demand much from himself, but little from others. When you meet a man of worth, think how you may attain to his excellence. When you meet an unworthy one, then look within and examine yourself.

What the wise seek is in themselves