A youth is to be regarded with respect. How do we know that his future will not be equal to our present?

In a district of ten families, there must be someone as honorable and sincere as I, but none as fond of learning.

He who rules by moral force is like the pole star, which remains in place while all the lesser stars do homage to it.

If a man withdraws his mind from the love of beauty, and applies it as sincerely to the love of the virtuous; if, in serving his parents, he can exert his utmost strength; if, in serving his prince, he can devote his life; if in his intercourse with his friends, his words are sincere - although men say that he has not learned, I will certainly say that he has.

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

The firm, the enduring, the simple, and the modest are near to virtue.

A reasonable man adjusts himself to the world. An unreasonable man expects the world to adjust itself to him. Therefore all progress is made by unreasonable people.