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.

Straight-forwardness, without the rules of propriety, becomes rudeness.

A youth is to be regarded with respect.

Your eyes are always bigger than your stomach.

A hammer shatters glass but it also forges steel.

Love is like a spice. It can sweeten your life - however, it can spoil it, too.

Man is born for uprightness. If a man lose his uprightness and yet live, his escape from death is mere good fortune.