Pride and excess bring disaster for man.

Men of all social stations live together: they are equal in their desires, yet vary in their methods; they are equal in their passions, yet different in their intelligence; that is their nature-given vitality.

Now it is human nature to want to eat to ones fill when hungry, to want to warm up when cold, to want to rest when tired. These all are a part of people's emotional nature.

The rigid cause themselves to be broken; the pliable cause themselves to be bound.

The person attempting to travel two roads at once will get nowhere.

If the quickness of the mind and the fluency of the tongue are too punctilious and sharp, moderate them in your activity and rest.

If the impulse to daring and bravery is too fierce and violent, stay it with guidance and instruction.