To study and constantly, is this not a pleasure? To have friends come from far away places, is this not a joy? If people do not recognize your worth, but this does not worry you, are you not a true gentleman?
To understand yourself is the key to wisdom.
The whole end of speech is to be understood.
The beginning of wisdom is to call things by their proper name.
A gentleman considers what is right; the vulgar consider what will pay.
The superior man is firm in the right way and not merely firm.