As in walking it is your great care not to run your foot upon a nail, or to tread awry, and strain your leg; so let it be in all the affairs of human life, not to hurt your mind or offend your judgment. And this rule, if observed carefully in all your deportment, will be a mighty security to you in your undertakings.

A guide, on finding a man who has lost his way, brings him back to the right path—he does not mock and jeer at him and then take himself off. You also must show the unlearned man the truth, and you will see that he will follow. But so long as you do not show it him, you should not mock, but rather feel your own incapacity.

All religions must be tolerated for every man must get to heaven in his own way.

No great thing is created suddenly. There must be time. Give your best and always be kind.

The materials are indifferent, but the use we make of them is not a matter of indifference.

Progress is not achieved by luck or accident, but by working on yourself daily.

Nothing great is created suddenly, any more than a bunch of grapes or a fig.