Never give a sword to a man who can’t dance.
Without knowing the force of words, it is impossible to know more.
The strength of a nation derives from the integrity of the home.
No lake so still but it has its wave. No circle so perfect but that it has its blur. I would change things for you if I could; As I can’t you must take them as they are.
The noble-minded are calm and steady. Little people are forever fussing and fretting.
The man who thinks he can and the man who thinks he can't are both right.
Behind every smile there’s teeth.
Settle one difficulty, and you keep a hundred away.
Ignorance is the night of the mind, but a night without moon or star.
Knowledge is merely brilliance in organization of ideas and not wisdom. The truly wise person goes beyond knowledge.
One joy dispels a hundred cares.
Fix your mind on truth, hold firm to virtue, rely on loving kindness, and find your recreation in the Arts.
To be able under all circumstances to practice five things constitutes perfect virtue; these five things are gravity, generosity of soul, sincerity, earnestness and kindness.
We take greater pains to persuade others that we are happy than in endeavoring to think so ourselves.
The superior man, when resting in safety, does not forget that danger may come. When in a state of security he does not forget the possibility of ruin. When all is orderly, he does not forget that disorder may come. Thus his person is not endangered, and his States and all their clans are preserved.
The way of the superior person is threefold: virtuous, they are free from anxieties; wise, they are free from perplexities; and bold, they are free from fear.
If there were one word that could act as a standard of conduct for one’s entire life, perhaps it would be ’thoughtfulness.
They must often change who would remain constant in happiness and wisdom.
No matter how busy you may think you are, you must find time for reading, or surrender yourself to self-chosen ignorance.
A common man marvels at uncommon things. A wise man marvels at the commonplace.