A gentleman is calm and spacious: the vulgar are always fretting.
I transmit but do not create. I place my trust in the teachings of antiquity.
Those who know the TRUTH are not equal to those who love it.
In a country well governed, poverty is something to be ashamed of. In a country badly governed, wealth is something to be ashamed of.
Be loyal to yourself, charitable to neighbours, nothing more.
There is the love of knowing without the love of learning; the beclouding here leads to dissipation of mind.