Music is the one thing in which there is no use trying to deceive others or make false pretenses.

The highest kind of man is the one who does before talking and practices what he professes.

I live in a very small house, but my windows look out on a very large world.

The superior man, extensively studying all learning, and keeping himself under the restraint of the rules of propriety, may thus likewise not overstep what is right.

The Gods cannot help those who do not seize opportunities.

If I am walking with two other men, each of them will serve as my teacher. I will pick out the good points of the one and imitate them, and the bad points of the other and correct them in myself.

What you do not want done to yourself, do not do to others.