“Virtue is not left to stand alone. He who practices it will have neighbors.”

“Study the past if you would divine the future.”

“If you look into your own heart, you find nothing wrong there, what is there to fear?”

“Faithfulness and sincerity are the highest things.”

“When I walk along with two others, from at least one I will be able to learn.”

“The parents age must be remembered, both for joy and anxiety.”

“I am not one who was born in the possession of knowledge; I am one who is fond of antiquity, and earnest in seeking it there.”

“Do not use a cannon to kill a mosquito.”

“Ignorance is the night of the mind, but a night without moon and star.”

“When prosperity comes, do not use all of it.”

“Respect yourself and others will respect you.”

“It is better to light one small candle than to curse the darkness.”

“To see what is right, and not to do it, is want of courage or of principle.”

“When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don’t adjust the goals, adjust the action steps.”

“Mankind differs from the animals only by a little and most people throw that away.”

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

“They must change who would be constant in happiness and wisdom.”

“I am not concerned that I am not known, I seek to be worthy to be known.”

“Success depends upon previous preparation, and without such preparation there is sure to be failure.”

“He who will not economize will have to agonize.”

“A fool despises good counsel, but a wise man takes it to heart.”

“The faults of a superior person are like the sun and moon. They have their faults, and everyone sees them; they change and everyone looks up to them.”

“He with whom neither slander that gradually soaks into the mind, nor statements that startle like a wound in the flesh, are successful may be called intelligent indeed.”

“It does not matter how slowly you go, so long as you do not stop.”