A man's social rank is determined by the amount of bread he eats in a sandwich.
Though bitter, good medicine cures illness. Though it may hurt, loyal criticism will have beneficial effects.
There is no fixed road to wealth, and goods do not stay with the same master forever.
Military weapons are the means used by the Sage to punish violence and cruelty, to give peace to troublous times, to remove difficulties and dangers, and to succor those who are in peril. Every animal with blood in its veins and horns on its head will fight when it is attacked. How much more so will man, who carries in his breast the faculties of love and hatred, joy and anger! When he is pleased, a feeling of affection springs up within him; when angry, his poisoned sting is brought into play. That is the natural law which governs his being
If with love thy heart has burned; If thy love is unreturned; Hide thy grief within thy breast, Though it tear thee unexpressed.
The Son of God came to seek us where we are in order that he might bring us to be with him where he is.
Arrogance on the part of the meritorious is even more offensive to us than the arrogance of those without merit: for merit itself is offensive.
$60,000 spent in a consumer economy multiplies by respending into $180,000