Friends are the siblings God never gave us.

People are eager to comment on something when they themselves are not in the situation of doing it.

Only when someone refuses to do certain things will he be capable of doing great things.

The great man does not think beforehand of his words that they may be sincere, nor of his actions that they may be resolute- he simply speaks and does what is right.

All people have the common desire to be elevated in honour, but all people have something still more elevated in themselves without knowing it.

To lay hold of the mean without taking into account the occasion is like grasping one thing only.

The great man is he who does not lose his child's heart.