"Nothing is so contagious as example...." - Quote by Francois De La Rochefoucauld

“Nothing is more contagious than example, and no man does any exceeding good or exceeding ill but it spawns new deeds of the same kind. The good we imitate through emulation, the ill through the malignity of our nature, which shame keeps locked up, but example sets free.”

“Eloquence: saying the proper thing and stopping.”

“A man of understanding finds less difficulty in submitting to a wrong-headed fellow, than in attempting to set him right.”

“It is the obligation of the ruler to continually renew himself in order to renew the people by his example.”

“Nothing is so catching as example.”

“Children are educated by what the grown-up is and not by his talk.”

“Your gentleness shall force More than your force move us to gentleness.”

“I have known only one way of carrying on missionary work, viz., by personal example and discussion with searchers for knowledge.”

“I am at peace, and people become fair by themselves.”