If a man keeps cherishing his old knowledge so as continually to be acquiring new, he may be a teacher of others.

To be in one's own heart in kindly sympathy with all things; this is the nature of righteousness

While the gentleman cherishes benign rule, the small man cherishes his native land. While the gentleman cherishes a respect for the law, the small man cherishes generous treatment.

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

Be faithful and true of word; let thy walk be plain and lowly: thou wilt get on, though in savage land. If thy words be not faithful and true, thy walk plain and lowly, wilt thou get on, though in thine own home? Standing, see these words ranged before thee; driving, see them written upon the yoke. Then thou wilt get on.

To lead uninstructed people to war is to throw them away.

Whatever heaven ordains is best.