The superior man * * * in regard to his speech * * * is anxious that it should be sincere.

In a hamlet of ten households, there are bound to be those who are my equal in doing their best for others and in being trustworthy in what they say, but they are unlikely to be as eager to learn as I am.

A man of humanity is one who, in seeking to establish himself, finds a foothold for others and who, in desiring attaining himself, helps others to attain.

The superior man does what is proper to the station in which he is; he does not desire to go beyond this.

All men are born good.

Thought, unassisted by learning, is dangerous.

A good man regards the root; he fixes the root, and ail else flows out of it. The root is filial piety; the fruit brotherly love.