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)

A person of character takes as much trouble to discover what is right as the lesser men take to discover what will pay.

Old age, believe me, is a good and pleasant thing. It is true you are gently shouldered off the stage, but then you are given such a comfortable front stall as spectator.

The Master said, "A true teacher is one who, keeping the past alive, is also able to understand the present."

With a heavy load and a long journey

Isn't it a pleasure to study and practice what you have learned? Isn't it also great when friends visit from distant places? If one remains not annoyed when he is not understood by people around him, isn't he a sage?

Make faithfulness and truth thy masters: have no friends unlike thyself: be not ashamed to mend thy faults.