All people are the same; only their habits differ.
There is nothing impossible in all the world except that the heart of man is wanting in resolution.
By gaining the people, the kingdom is gained; by losing the people, the kingdom is lost.
If a man is not good, what has he to do with the rules of propriety? If he is not good, what has he to do with music?
There is one word which may serve as a rule of practice for all one's life -reciprocity.
We are so busy doing the urgent that we don't have time to do the important.