The hardest thing of all is to find a black cat in a dark room, especially if there is no cat.

Watch their actions, observe their motives, examine wherein they dwell content; won't you know what kind of person they are?

A man of humanity is one who, in seeking to establish himself, finds a foothold for others and who, in desiring attaining himself, helps others to attain.

It is only the very wisest and the very stupidest who never change.

Let a ruler base his government upon virtuous principles, and he will be like the pole-star, which remains steadfast in its place, while all the host of stars turn towards it

If you want happiness for a year, inherit a fortune. If you want happiness for a lifetime, help someone else.

The superior man is universally minded and no partisan. The inferior man is a partisan and not universal.