The snake that cannot shed its skin perishes.

We often refuse to accept an idea merely because the tone of voice in which it has been expressed is unsympathetic to us.

Follow in the footsteps of your fathers' virtue! How could you hope to climb high unless your fathers' will climbs with you?

Sometimes it just takes stronger eyeglasses to cure those who are in love--and someone with the ability to imagine a face or a figure twenty years older might perhaps pass through life quite undisturbed.

The snake which cannot cast its skin has to die.

The noble soul reveres itself

One must have all the virtues to sleep well. Shall I bear false witness? Shall I commit adultery? Shall I covet my neighbor's maid? All that would go ill with good sleep.