To be poor without murmuring is difficult. To be rich without being proud is easy.

To be wronged is nothing unless you continue to remember it.

To go beyond is as wrong as to fall short.

To go too far is the same as not to go far enough.

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

To know what is right and not to do it is the worst cowardice.

To love a thing means wanting it to live.

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

Virtue is more to man than either water or fire. I have seen men die from treading on water and fire, but I have never seen a man die from treading the course of virtue.

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