A wise man seeks by music to strengthen his soul: the thoughtless one uses it to stifle his fears.

It's only in winter that the pine and cypress are known to be evergreens.

Let a man be stimulated by poetry, established by the rules of propriety, and perfected by music.

A knight whose heart is set upon the Way, but who is ashamed of wearing shabby clothes and eating coarse food, is not worth calling into counsel.

It is man that makes truth great, and not truth that makes man great.

Of neighborhoods, benevolence is the most beautiful. How can the man be considered wise who when he had the choice does not settle in benevolence.

The superior man understands what is right; the inferior man understands what will sell.