If a man remembers what is right at the sign of profit, is ready to lay down his life in the face of danger, and does not forget sentiments he has repeated all his life when he has been in straitened circumstances for a long time, he may be said to be a complete man.

Our headstrong passions shut the door of our souls against God.

To see what is right and not to do it is want of courage, or of principle.

Humility is the solid foundation of all virtues.

The person of benevolence never worries.

Things have their roots and branches. Affairs have their beginnings and their ends. To know what is first and what is last will lead one near the Way.

To see and listen to the wicked is already the beginning of wickedness.