Without an acquaintance with the rules of propriety, it is impossible for the character to be established

Man who eat many prunes get good run for money.

If you devote your life to seeking revenge, first dig two graves.

When abroad, behaveto everyone as if interviewing an honored guest; in directing the people, act as if you were assisting at a great sacrafice; DO NOT DO TO OTHERS AS YOU WOULD NOT LIKE DONE TO YOURSELF: so there will be no murmuring against you in the country, and none in the family; your public life will arouse no ill-will nor your private life any resentment.

Those who break down the dikes will themselves be drowned in the inundation.

Humility is the solid foundation of all virtues.

The man of wisdom is never of two minds; the man of benevolence never worries; the man of courage is never afraid.

If I am building a mountain and stop before the last basketful of earth is placed on the summit, I have failed.