"Exemplary people concern themselves with virtue,small people..." - Quote by Confucius

“I used to take on trust a man's deeds after having listened to his words. Now having listened to a man's words I go on to observe his deeds.”

“When you breathe, you inspire, and when you do not breathe, you expire.”

“I have never seen a man as fond of virtue as of women.”

“Not to commit faults counts for more than to do good.”

“Beneficence is a duty; and he who frequently practices it, and sees his benevolent intentions realized comes, at length, really to love him to whom he has done good.”

“However wicked men may be, they do not dare openly to appear the enemies of virtue, and when they desire to persecute her they either pretend to believe her false or attribute crimes to her.”

“Any extraordinary degree of beauty in man or woman involves a moral charm.”

“Nothing is more deceitful than the appearance of humility. It is often only carelessness of opinion, and sometimes an indirect boast.”

“From all that I can collect by your manner of talking, you must be two of the silliest girls in the country. I have suspected it some time, but I am now convinced.”