“There must be something wrong with those people who think Audrey Hepburn doesn’t perspire, hiccup or sneeze, because they know that’s not true. In fact, I hiccup more than most.”

“A woman can be beautiful as well as intellectual.”

“The father who does not teach his son his duties is equally guilty with the son who neglects them.”

“The wheel of fortune turns round incessantly, and who can say to himself, I shall today be uppermost.”

“Wealth and rank are what people desire, but unless they be obtained in the right way they may not be possessed.”

“Have no friends not equal to yourself.” – Confucius

“When a man’s knowledge is sufficient to attain, and his virtue is not sufficient to enable him to hold, whatever he may have gained, he will lose again.”

“When you see a worthy person, endeavor to emulate him. When you see an unworthy person, then examine your inner self.”

“There are three things to beware of through life: when a man is young, let him beware of his appetites; when he is middle-aged, of his passions; and when old, of covetousness, especially.”

“The strength of a nation derives from the integrity of the home.”

“The firm, the enduring, the simple, and the modest are near to virtue.” – Confucius

“What the superior man seeks is in himself; what the small man seeks is in others.”

“Behave toward everyone as if receiving a great guest.”

“If a man takes no thought about what is distant, he will find sorrow near at hand.”

“To be able to practice five things everywhere under heaven constitutes perfect virtue…They are gravity, generosity of soul, sincerity, earnestness, and kindness.”

“Music produces a kind of pleasure which human nature cannot do without.” – Confucius

“To put the world in order, we must first put the nation in order; to put the nation in order, we must put the family in order; to put the family in order, we must cultivate our personal life; and to cultivate our personal life, we must first set our hearts right.”

“We take greater pains to persuade others that we are happy than in endeavoring to think so ourselves.”

“When you know a thing, to hold that you know it; and when you do not know a thing, to allow that you do not know it – this is knowledge.”

“Our greatest glory is not in never falling but in rising every time we fall.”

“The more man meditates upon good thoughts, the better will be his world and the world at large.”

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

“Wheresoever you go, go with all your heart.”

“The scholar who cherishes the love of comfort is not fit to be deemed a scholar.”