Every man whose character traits all lie in the mean is called a wise man.

Work before eating, rest after eating. Eat not ravenously, filling the mouth gulp after gulp without breathing space.

Giving is most blessed and most acceptable when the donor remains completely anonymous.

No disease that can be treated by diet should be treated with any other means.

It is better and more satisfactory to acquit a thousand guilty persons than to put a single innocent one to death.

The business conduct of the disciples of wise men is truthful and faithful.... He does not allow himself to be made a surety or a guarantor and does not accept the power of attorney.... He lends money and is gracious. He shall not take away business from his fellow man.

When I have a difficult subject before me - when I find the road narrow, and can see no other way of teaching a well established truth except by pleasing one intelligent man and displeasing ten thousand fools - I prefer to address myself to the one man, and to take no notice whatever of the condemnation of the multitude; I prefer to extricate that intelligent man from his embarrassment and show him the cause of his perplexity, so that he may attain perfection and be at peace.