Can there be a love which does not make demands on its object?
The gentleman calls attention to the good points in others; he does not call attention to their defects. The small man does just the reverse of this.
Not too isolated, not too many relationships, the middle, that's wisdom.
If a superior man abandon virtue, how can he fulfil the requirements of that name?
Even four harnessed horses cannot bring imprudent words back into the mouth.
The superior man understands what is right; the inferior man understands what will sell.