"It is not the failure of others to appreciate your abilities that should trouble you, but rather your own failure to appreciate theirs."

"A youth is to be regarded with respect. How do we know that his future will not be equal to our present?"

"To be wealthy and honored in an unjust society is a disgrace."

"The scholar who cherishes the love of comfort is not fit to be deemed a scholar."

"The gentleman is at ease without being proud; the small man is proud without being at ease."