“A man always assumes that others are as virtuous as himself”
“The virtuous man contents himself with dreaming that which the wicked man does in actual life.”
“[On the virtuous man] "He combines the highest, lowest and middle chords in complete harmony within himself.”
“Before a man speaks it is always safe to assume that he is a fool. After he speaks, it is seldom necessary to assume it.”
“The fact is that a man who wants to act virtuous in every way necessarily comes to grief among so many who are not virtuous.”
“As one acts and conducts himself, so does he become. The doer of good becomes good. The doer of evil becomes evil. One becomes virtuous by virtuous action, bad by bad action”