Speak only endearing speech, speech that is welcomed. Speech, when it brings no evil to others, is a pleasant thing.
Let none find fault with others; let none see the omissions and commissions of others. But let one see one's own acts, done and undone.
The thing that is disliked by me is also disliked by others. Since I dislike this thing, how can I inflict it on someone else?
'As I am, so are these. As are these, so am I.' Drawing the parallel to yourself, neither kill nor get others to kill.
All tremble at violence; all fear death. Putting oneself in the place of another, one should not kill nor cause another to kill.
Ethical axioms are found and tested not very differently from the axioms of science. Truth is what stands the test of experience.
Laws alone can not secure freedom of expression; in order that every man present his views without penalty there must be spirit of tolerance in the entire population.
Who sows virtue reaps honor.
Few people are capable of expressing with equanimity opinions which differ from the prejudices of their social environment. Most people are even incapable of forming such opinions.