Those who injure me are really impelled by my actions.
For this they will go to the realms of hell.
Surely it is they who are harmed by me?

Measure a man by his actions fully, through his whole life, from the beginning to the end.

The usual devastating put-downs imply that a person is basically bad, rather than that he is a person who sometimes does bad things. Obviously, there is a vast difference between a "bad" person and a person who does something bad.
Besides, failure is an event, it is not a person — yesterday ended last night.

Anger is an appropriate reaction to racist attitudes, as is fury when the actions arising from those attitudes do not change.

The Unseasonable man is one who will go up to a busy person, and open his heart to him. He will serenade his mistress when she has a fever. He will address himself to a man who has been cast in a surety-suit, and request him to become his security. He will come to give evidence when the trial is over.

Do not regret what you have done.

Every habit and faculty is confirmed and strengthened by the corresponding actions, that of walking by walking, that of running by running.

I am astonished about those people who are ordered to prepare their provisions, then the start of the journey is announced, however they remain unmindful in their vain discussions and fruitless deeds.

Learning from experience, however, can be complicated. It can be much more difficult to learn from success than from failure. If we fail, we think carefully about the precise cause. Success can indiscriminately reinforce all our prior actions.

Don't you know that a good and excellent person does nothing for the sake of appearances, but only for the sake of having acted right?

Duty makes us do things well, but love makes us do them beautifully.