O, throw away the worser part of it, And live the purer with the other half.

While the gentleman cherishes benign rule, the small man cherishes his native land. While the gentleman cherishes a respect for the law, the small man cherishes generous treatment.

In his errors a man is true to type. Observe the errors and you will know the man.

Now I see the secret of the making of the best persons. It is to grow in the open air and to eat and sleep with the earth.

It is only the benevolent man who is capable of liking or disliking other men.

If a man remembers what is right at the sign of profit, is ready to lay down his life in the face of danger, and does not forget sentiments he has repeated all his life when he has been in straitened circumstances for a long time, he may be said to be a complete man.

Do not impose on others what you yourself do not desire.

To govern is to correct. If you set an example by being correct, who would dare remain incorrect?

Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing had happened.

If you go on with this nuclear arms race, all you are going to do is make the rubble bounce.