Stars are holes in the sky from which the light of the infinite shines.

The virtuous man is driven by responsibility, the non-virtuous man is driven by profit.

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

The gem cannot be polished without friction nor man without trials.

If I cannot get men who steer a middle course to associate with, I would far rather have the impetuous and hasty. For the impetuous at any rate assert themselves.

A good man regards the root; he fixes the root, and ail else flows out of it. The root is filial piety; the fruit brotherly love.

The Essence of Knowledge is, having it, to use it.