The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance.

The web of our life is of a mingled yarn, good and ill together.

Sometimes I feel my whole life has been one big rejection.

Just as treasures are uncovered from the earth, so virtue appears from good deeds, and wisdom appears from a pure and peaceful mind. To walk safely through the maze of human life, one needs the light of wisdom and the guidance of virtue.

Good friends, good books, and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.

You cannot succeed in one department of life while cheating on another, life is an indivisible whole.