A country of a thousand war-chariots cannot be administered unless the ruler attends strictly to business, punctually observes his promises, is economical in expenditure, loves the people, and uses the labor of the peasantry only at the proper times of year.

Consideration for others is the basis of a good life, a good society.

The man of upright life is obeyed before he speaks.

Being strong does not mean that you never fall down, but that whenever you fall, you get up again.

To acknowledge our faults when we are blamed, is modesty; to discover them to one's friends in ingenuousness, is confidence; but to preach them to all the world, if one does not take care, is pride.

Settle one difficulty, and you keep a hundred away.

The superior man limits his achievements.