If a man be under the influence of anger his conduct will not be correct.

A gentleman does not promote a man on account of what he says; nor does he reject sayings, because the speaker is what he is.

Straight-forwardness, without the rules of propriety, becomes rudeness.

At 15 I set my heart on learning; At 30 I firmly took my stand; At 40 I had no delusions; At 50 I knew the Mandate of Heaven; At 60 my ear was attuned; At 70 I followed my heart's desire without overstepping the boundaries of right.

Rather than caring about whether or not you are known, strive to be worth knowing.

Slater soaks into the mind as water into low and marshy places, where it becomes stagnant and offensive.

In antiquity men studied for their own sake; nowadays men study for the sake of impressing others.