Heaven means to be one with God.

There are three friendships which are advantageous, and three which are injurious. Friendship with the upright; friendship with the sincere; and friendship with the man of much observation: these are advantageous. Friendship with the man of specious airs; friendship with the insinuatingly soft; and friendship with the glib-tongued: these are injurious.

A youth is to be regarded with respect.

There is nothing more visible than what is secret, and nothing more manifest than what is minute.

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

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

That a man lives is because he is straight. That a man who dupes others survives is because he has been fortunate enough to be spared.