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

When Heaven is about to confer a great office upon you, it first exercises your mind with suffering and your sinews and bones with toil.

He who loves others is always loved by them, and he who respects others is always respected by them.

To act without clear understanding, to form habits without investigation, to follow a path all one's life without knowing where it really leads; such is the behavior of the multitude.

Benevolence is one of the distinguishing characters of man.

Where it is permissible both to die and not to die, it is an abuse of valour to die.

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