Ceremonies are the first thing to be attended to in the practice of government.
A man who has committed a mistake and does not correct it is committing another mistake.
One who can move mountains start with the little stones.
The superior man governs men, according to their nature, with what is proper to them, and as soon as they change what is wrong, he stops.
What you do not want done to yourself, do not do to others.
It is when those who are not strong enough have made some moderate amount of progress that they fail and give up.