The superior person is in harmony, but does not follow the crowd. The lesser person follows the crowd, but is not in harmony.

Isn't it a pleasure to study and practice what you have learned? Isn't it also great when friends visit from distant places? If one remains not annoyed when he is not understood by people around him, isn't he a sage?

If I am virtuous and worthy, for whom should I not maintain a proper concern?

There are three friendships which are advantageous, and three which are injurious. Friendship with the upright; friendship with the sincere; and friendship with the man of much observation: these are advantageous. Friendship with the man of specious airs; friendship with the insinuatingly soft; and friendship with the glib-tongued: these are injurious.

Heaven is author of the virtue that is in me

In speaking, it is best to be clear and say just enough to convey the meaning.

What the superior man seeks is in himself; what the small man seeks is in others.