Of all that Heaven produces and nourishes, there is none so great as man.
The people may be made to follow a path of action but they may not be made to understand it.
The man of noble mind seeks to achieve the good in others and not their evil. The little-minded man is the reverse of this.
He who speaks without modesty will find it difficult to make his words good.
He is the truly courageous man who never desponds.
The general of a large army may be defeated, but you cannot defeat the determined mind of a peasant.