Study as though you cannot catch up to it, and as though you fear you are going to lose it.

Just as lavishness leads easily to presumption, so does frugality to meanness. But meanness is a far less serious fault than presumption.

He who is really good can never be unhappy. He who is really wise can never be perplexed. He who is really brave is never afraid.

It is not possible for one to teach others who cannot teach his own family.

When wealth is centralized, the people are dispersed. When wealth is distributed, the people are brought together.

Only the wisest and stupidest of men never change.

Music produces a kind of pleasure which human nature cannot do without.