Recompense injury with justice, and recompense kindness with kindness.

Music is the one thing in which there is no use trying to deceive others or make false pretenses.

There is nothing more visible than what is secret, and nothing more manifest than what is minute.

The superior man does what is proper to the station in which he is; he does not desire to go beyond this. In a position of wealth and honor, he does what is proper to a position of wealth and honor. In a poor and low position, he does what is proper to a poor and low position.

A father's and a mother's age must be borne in mind; with joy on the one hand, fear on the other.

A good man will certainly also possess courage; but a brave man is not necessarily good.

It cannot be when the root is neglected that what springs from it will be well ordered.