A lack of patience in trifling matters might lead to the disruption of great project.
Expect much from yourself and little from others and you will avoid incurring resentments
Happiness is not at the top of the mountain, but in how to climb.
The superior man is distressed by the limitations of his ability; he is not distressed by the fact that men do not recognize the ability that he has.
Good people strengthen themselves ceaselessly
A hammer shatters glass but it also forges steel.