No man is hurt but by himself. ...Literally by how he interprets what happens to him. If he focusses on how it could have been better, he will be hurt. If he focusses on how it could have been worse, he will be happy. The same is true for women too.

When two friends part they should lock up each other's secrets and exchange keys. The truly noble mind has no resentments.

Discourse on virtue and they pass by in droves. Whistle and dance the shimmy, and you've got an audience.

I do not know whether there are gods, but there ought to be.

Those who have virtue always in their mouths, and neglect it in practice, are like a harp, which emits a sound pleasing to others, while itself is insensible of the music.

I threw my cup away when I saw a child drinking from his hands at the trough.

Calumny is only the noise of madmen.