Man is born for uprightness. If a man lose his uprightness and yet live, his escape from death is mere good fortune.

The people may be made to follow a path of action but they may not be made to understand it.

One who is by nature daring and is suffering from poverty will not long be law-abiding. Indeed, any men, save those that are truly good, if their sufferings are very great, will be likely to rebel.

The gentleman prefers to be slow in word but diligent in action.

If language is not rectified, words do not correspond to meaning, and if words do not correspond to meaning, our deeds cannot be accomplished.

The perfecting of one's self is the fundamental base of all progress and all moral development.

The injury of prodigality leads to this, that he who will not economize will have to agonize.