Man as an individual is a genius. But men in the mass form the headless monster, a great, brutish idiot that goes where prodded.

Nothing is so necessary for a young man as the company of intelligent women.

The wise man should restrain his senses like the crane and accomplish his purpose with due knowledge of his place, time and ability.

The highest wisdom has but one science - the science of the whole - the science explaining the whole creation and man's place in it.

A wise man should not divulge the formula of a medicine which he has well prepared; an act of charity which he has performed; domestic conflicts; private affairs with his wife; poorly prepared food he may have been offered; or slang he may have heard.

The foolish man conceives the idea of 'self.' The wise man sees there is no ground on which to build the idea of 'self;' thus, he has a right conception of the world and well concludes that all compounds amassed by sorrow will be dissolved again, but the truth will remain.