The inner nature of man is the province of Music.

A person of character takes as much trouble to discover what is right as the lesser men take to discover what will pay.

From a grain of sand in the Pearl comes.

To govern is to correct. If you set an example by being correct, who would dare to remain incorrect?

I will not be concerned at other men's not knowing me;I will be concerned at my own want of ability.

Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without.

The superior man governs men, according to their nature, with what is proper to them, and as soon as they change what is wrong, he stops.