The superior man, when resting in safety, does not forget that danger may come.

People with virtue must speak out; People who speak are not all virtuous.

Everyone calls his son his son, whether he has talents or has not talents.

Ignorance is the night of the mind, but a night without moon or star.

To know and not do, is to not yet know.

How great is the path proper to the Sage! Like overflowing water, it sends forth and nourishes all things, and rises up to the height of heaven. All-complete is its greatness! It embraces the three hundred rules of ceremony, and the three thousand rules of demeanor. It waits for the proper man, and then it is trodden. Hence it is said, 'Only by perfect virtue can the perfect path, in all its courses, be made a fact.'

To be fond of learning is near to wisdom.