In a State, pecuniary gain is not to be considered to be prosperity, but its prosperity will be found in righteousness.

To know what is the right thing to do and not do it is the greatest cowardice.

The man of wisdom is never of two minds; the man of benevolence never worries; the man of courage is never afraid.

There is nothing more visible than what is secret, and nothing more manifest than what is minute.

If Language is not correct, then what is said is not what is meant. If what is said is not what is meant, then what ought to be done, remains undone.

The superior man is firm in the right way and not merely firm.

From the Son of Heaven down to the mass of the people, all must consider the cultivation of the person the root of everything besides.