To study and at times practice what one has learned, is this not a pleasure?
An angry man is full of poison.
If one is guided by profit in one's actions, one will incur much ill will.
Rotten wood cannot be carved.
As in the case of making a mound, if, before the very last basketful, I stop, then I shall have stopped. As in the case of leveling the ground, if, though tipping only one basketful, I am going forward, then I shall be making progress.
The superior man undergoes three changes. Looked at from a distance, he appears stern; when approached, he is mild; when he is heard to speak, his language is firm and decided.