There are not the weeds the ones that drown the good seed, but the negligence of the peasant.

Those who are firm, enduring, simple and unpretentious are the nearest to virtue.

The gentleman is calm and at ease. The gentleman is dignified but not proud; the small man is proud but not dignified.

With coarse rice to eat, with water to drink, and my bent arm for a pillow - I have still joy in the midst of all these things.

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

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.

Sincerity is the end and beginning of things; without sincerity there would be nothing.