The entire world would perish, if pity were not to limit anger.
Let tears flow of their own accord; their flowing is not inconsistent with inward peace and harmony.
Life's neither a good nor an evil: it's a field for good and evil.
Men learn while they teach.
There is no greater punishment of wickedness that that it is dissatisfied with itself and its deeds.
The first proof of a well-ordered mind is to be able to pause and linger within itself.