“The superior man thinks always of virtue; the common man thinks of comfort.”
“The virtues of a superior man are like the wind; the virtues of a common man are like the grass; the grass, when the wind passes over it, bends.”
“Thinking is not always...comforting. It is always good, but not always comforting.”
“To write well, express yourself like the common people, but think like a wise man.”
“There is an element of the busybody in our conception of virtue: unless a man makes himself a nuisance to a great many people, we do not think he can be an exceptionally good man.”
“I always think loyalty's such a tiresome virtue. ”