An angry person is always full of poison.

To govern is to correct. If you set an example by being correct, who would dare to remain incorrect?

Knowledge without practice is useless. Practice without knowledge is dangerous.

Wealth and rank are what men desire, but unless they be obtained in the right way they may not be possessed. Poverty and obscurity are what men detest; but unless prosperity be brought about in the right way, they are not to be abandoned.

For benefits return benefits; for injuries return justice without any admixture of revenge.

A superior man in dealing with the world is not for anything or against anything. He follows righteousness as the standard.

The true gentleman does not preach what he practices till he has practiced what he preaches.