A gentleman is one who puts more into the world than he takes out.
If a man is proud of his wealth, he should not be praised until it is known how he employs it.
The fragrance of flowers spreads only in the direction of the wind. But the goodness of a person spreads in all direction.
Virtuous people often revenge themselves for the constraints to which they submit by the boredom which they inspire.
Where the Mind is biggest, the Heart, the Senses, Magnanimity, Charity, Tolerance, Kindliness, and the rest of them scarcely have room to breathe.
If a woman possesses manly virtues one should run away from her; and if she does not possess them she runs away from herself.
There is no austerity equal to a balanced mind, and there is no happiness equal to contentment; there is no disease like covetousness, and no virtue like mercy.
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