Familiar Quotations

The path of duty lies in what is near, and man seeks for it in what is remote.

Benevolence is man’s mind, and righteousness is man’s path.

The root of the kingdom is in the state. The root of the state is in the family. The root of the family is in the person of its head.

You cannot have a proud and chivalrous spirit if your conduct is mean and paltry; for whatever a man’s actions are, such must be his spirit.

Nothing is easier than self-deceit. For what each man wishes, that he also believes to be true.