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

Is any one able for one day to apply his strength to virtue? I have not seen the case in which his strength would be sufficient.

A man who does not think and plan long ahead will find trouble right at his door.

Coarse rice to eat, water to drink, my bended arm for a pillow - therein is happiness. Wealth and rank attained through immoral means are nothing but drifting clouds.

If names are not correct, then language is not in accord with the truth of things. If language is not in accord with the truth of things, then affairs cannot be carried out successfully.

Be loyal to yourself, charitable to neighbours, nothing more.

Not knowing life, how can we know death? Why talk of spirits when you do not understand men?