Kindly words do not enter so deeply into men as a reputation for kindness.

The ways are two: love and want of love. That is all.

Evil exists to glorify the good. Evil is negative good. It is a relative term. Evil can be transmuted into good. What is evil to one at one time, becomes good at another time to somebody else.

Only those who develop their minds and spirits to the utmost can serve Heaven and fulfill their own destinies.

There is the work of great men and there is the work of little men. Therefore it is said, 'Some labor with their minds and some labor with their strength. Those who labor with their minds govern others; those who labor with their strength are governed by others.'1 Those who are governed by others support them; those who govern them are supported by them. This is a universal principle.

Friendship with a man is friendship with his virtue, and does not admit of assumptions of superiority.

To feed men and not to love them is to treat them as if they were barnyard cattle. To love them and not respect them is to treat them as if they were household pets.