Throw away profit and greed, and there won't be any thieves.
It is better to do one's own duty, however defective it may be, than to follow the duty of another, however well one may perform it. He who does his duty as his own nature reveals it, never sins.
Wary, as if surrounded by strangers.
No weapon is sharper than will.
He who knows, knows not. He who knows not, knows.
With that gentleness I can be bold; with that economy I can be liberal; shrinking from taking precedence of others, I can become a vessel of the highest honour.