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

Slater soaks into the mind as water into low and marshy places, where it becomes stagnant and offensive.

The Master said, “What a worthy man was Yan Hui! Living in a narrow alley, subsisting upon meager bits of rice and water—other people could not have borne such hardship, and yet it never spoiled Hui’s joy. What a worthy man was Hui!” (Analects 6.11)

Plan ahead or find trouble on the doorstep.

Love makes a spot beautiful: who chooses not to dwell in love, has he got wisdom?

He who keeps danger in mind, is he who will rest safe in his seat; he who keeps ruin in mind, is he who will preserve his interests secure.

I was complaining that I had no shoes till I met a man who had no feet.