A happy union with wife and child is like the music of lutes and harps.

Sir, in carrying on your government, why should you use killing at all? Let your evinced desires be for what is good, and the people will be good. The relation between superiors and inferiors is like that between the wind and the grass. The grass must bend, when the wind blows across it.

A superior man may be made to go to the well, but he cannot be made to go down into it. He may be imposed upon, but he cannot be fooled.

Acquire new knowledge whilst thinking over the old, and you may become a teacher of others.

I could see peace instead of this.

The superior man is slow in his words and earnest in his conduct.

Ceremonies are the first thing to be attended to in the practice of government.