To be fond of learning is near to wisdom; to practice with vigor is near to benevolence; and to be conscious of shame is near to fortitude.

If you think in terms of a year, plant a seed; if in terms of ten years, plant trees; if in terms of 100 years, teach the people.

If Language is not correct, then what is said is not what is meant. If what is said is not what is meant, then what ought to be done, remains undone.

Without that innate sense of human worth, a man cannot long endure adversity, nor can he long enjoy prosperity.

Virtuous people often revenge themselves for the constraints to which they submit by the boredom which they inspire.

When nature exceeds culture, we have the rustic. When culture exceeds nature, we have the pedant.

Let our reason, and not our senses, be the rule of our conduct; for reason will teach us to think wisely, to speak prudently, and to behave worthily.