The Master said, "Wealth and honor are things that all people desire, and yet unless they are acquired in the proper way I will not abide them. Poverty and disgrace are things that all people hate, and yet unless they are avoided in the proper way I will not despise them. If the gentleman abandons ren, how can he be worthy of that name? The gentleman does not violate ren even for the amount of time required to eat a meal. Even in times of urgency or distress, he does not depart from it."

Man who eat many prunes get good run for money.

Do not use a cannon to kill a mosquito.

Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it.

The superior man does not mind being in office; all he minds about is whether he has qualities that entitle him to office. He does not mind failing to get recognition; he is too busy doing the things that entitle him to recognition.

A blemish may be removed from a diamond by careful polishing, but evil words once spoken cannot be effaced.

Ignorance is the night of the mind, but a night without moon or star.