“You have to assemble your life yourself, action by action.”

“Ask yourself at every moment, is this necessary?”

“Recognize that if something is humanly possible, you can do it too.”

“In your actions, don’t procrastinate. In your conversations, don’t confuse. In your thoughts, don’t wander. In your soul, don’t be passive or aggressive. In your life, don’t be all about business.”

“Kindness is unconquerable, so long as it is without flattery or hypocrisy. For what can the most insolent man do to you, if you contrive to be kind to him, and if you have the chance gently advise and calmly show him what is right…and point this out tactfully and from a universal perspective.”

“Have I done something for the common good? Then I share in the benefits.”

“Speak the truth as you see it. But with kindness. With humility.”

“Be tolerant with others and strict with yourself.”

Be satisfied with your business, and learn to love what you were bred to.

The true worth of a man is to be measured by the objects he pursues.