To be excellent when engaged in administration is to be like the North Star. As it remains in its one position, all the other stars surround it.

We should keep the dead before our eyes, and honor them as though still living

One who has accumulated virtue will certainly also possess eloquence; but he who has eloquence doe not necessarily possess virtue.

Care not for want of place; care for thy readiness to fill one. Care not for being unknown, but seek to be worthy of note.

If my mind be not engaged in worship, it is as though I worshipped not.

The superior man * * * in regard to his speech * * * is anxious that it should be sincere.

A common man marvels at uncommon things. A wise man marvels at the commonplace.