“If thy brother wrongs thee, remember not so much his wrong-doing, but more than ever that he is thy brother.”
“The best revenge is to be unlike him who performed the injury.”
“Whenever you are about to find fault with someone, ask yourself the following question: What fault of mine most nearly resembles the one I am about to criticize?”
“To admonish is better than to reproach for admonition is mild and friendly, but reproach is harsh and insulting; and admonition corrects those who are doing wrong, but reproach only convicts them.”
“Small-minded people blame others. Average people blame themselves. The wise see all blame as foolishness.”
“If anyone tells you that a certain person speaks ill of you, do not make excuses about what is said of you but answer, "He was ignorant of my other faults, else he would not have mentioned these alone."”
“Humans have come into being for the sake of each other, so either teach them, or learn to bear them.”
“Treat your inferiors in the way in which you would like to be treated by your own superiors. And whenever it strikes you how much power you have over your slave, let it also strike you that your own master has just as much power over you.”
“In the long run, every man will pay the penalty for his own misdeeds. The man who remembers this will be angry with no one, indignant with no one, revile no one, blame no one, offend no one, hate no one.”
“And to behave in a conciliatory way when people who have angered or annoyed us want to make up.”