Echoes

It is better to be alone than in bad company.

It is natural for a man's character and actions to be influenced by his friends and associates and for him to follow the local norms of behavior. Therefore, he should associate with the righteous and be constantly in the company of the wise, so as to learn from their deeds. Conversely, he should keep away from the wicked who walk in darkness, so as not to learn from their deeds.

Do after the good and leave the evil, and it shall bring you to good fame and renown.

I don't want to be interesting. I want to be good.

My life is my message.

Never esteem anything as of advantage to you that will make you break your word or lose your self-respect.

To consort with the crowd is harmful; there is no person who does not make some vice attractive to us, or stamp it upon us, or taint us unconsciously therewith.

They are never alone that are accompanied with noble thoughts.

Respect yourself and others will respect you.

Whatever you are, be a good one.

Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind.

Virtue is the root; wealth is the result.

If it is not right do not do it; if it is not true do not say it.

Virtue is serious business; everything else is farce.

Ten thousand do not turn the scale against a single man of worth.

Plato is my friend — Aristotle is my friend — but truth is a greater friend.

Go forth in virtue!

Be courteous to all, but intimate with few.

Moral excellence is an ornament for personal beauty; righteous conduct, for high birth; success, for learning; and proper spending, for wealth.

I have learned that to be with those I like is enough.

When you are content to be simply yourself, everybody will respect you.

If you want to be respected by others the great thing is to respect yourself. Only by that, only by self-respect will you compel others to respect you.

You should rather please yourself than the people; take thought for the quality, not the number, of judgements made about you.

It would be better for me that the whole world should disagree with me than that I, being one, should be out of harmony with myself.

First keep the peace within yourself, then you can also bring peace to others.