“It is easy to hate and it is difficult to love. This is how the whole scheme of things works. All good things are difficult to achieve and bad things are very easy to get.”
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Virtue is not left to stand alone. He who practices it will have neighbors.
The expectations of life depend upon diligence the mechanic that would perfect his work must first sharpen his tools.
When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don't adjust the goals, adjust the action steps.
He who exercises government by means of his virtue may be compared to the north polar star, which keeps its place and all the stars turn towards it.