The superior man makes the difficulty to be overcome his first interest; success only comes later.

If a man is not good, what has he to do with the rules of propriety? If he is not good, what has he to do with music?

Rate the task above the prize; will not the mind be raised? Fight thine own faults, not the faults of others; will not evil be mended?

Faithfulness and sincerity are the highest things.

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

If one is guided by profit in one's actions, one will incur much ill will.

To know it is not as good as to love it, and to love it is not as good as to take delight in it.