I know how the birds fly, how the fishes swim, how animals run. But there is the Dragon. I cannot tell how it mounts on the winds through the clouds and flies through heaven. Today I have seen the Dragon.

If you make a mistake and do not correct it, this is called a mistake.

How transcendent is the virtue of the middle conduct! Rare for a long time has been its practice among the people.

An angry man is full of poison.

The gentleman calls attention to the good points in others; he does not call attention to their defects. The small man does just the reverse of this.

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.

In a district of ten families, there must be someone as honorable and sincere as I, but none as fond of learning.