The virtuous will be sure to speak uprightly; but those whose speech is upright may not be virtuous.
A man may not transgress the bounds of major morals, but may make errors in minor morals.
Earnest in practicing the ordinary virtues, and careful in speaking about them, if, in his practice, he has anything defective, the superior man dares not but exert himself; and if, in his words, he has any excess, he dares not allow himself such license.
Remember even when alone, that the divine is everywhere.
The firm, the enduring, the simple, and the modest are near to virtue.
When a man is guided by the principles of reciprocity and consciousness, he is not far from the moral law. Whatever you don't wish for yourself don't do unto others.