Real knowledge is to know the extent of one’s ignorance.

If one should desire to know whether a kingdom is well governed, if its morals are good or bad, the quality of its music will furnish the answer.

When music and courtesy are better understood and appreciated, there will be no war.

The superior man understands what is right; the inferior man understands what will sell.

Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.

Seek not every quality in one individual.

The strength of a nation derives from the integrity of the home.

To know what is right and not to do it is the worst cowardice.

The superior man is distressed by the limitations of his ability; he is not distressed by the fact that men do not recognize the ability he has.

By nature, men are nearly alike; by practice, they get to be wide apart.