Attach yourself to what is spiritually superior, regardless of what other people think or do. Hold to your true aspirations no matter what is going on around you.

First learn the meaning of what you say, and then speak.

Know, first, who you are, and then adorn yourself accordingly.

Every place is safe to him who lives with justice.

Nothing great is produced suddenly, since not even the grape or the fig is. If you say to me now that you want a fig, I will answer to you that it requires time: let it flower first, then put forth fruit, and then ripen.

Make it your business to draw out the best in others by being an exemplar yourself.

Contentment comes not so much from great wealth as from few wants.