Only by perfect virtue can the perfect path, in all its courses, be made a fact.

The superior man sets his person at rest before he moves; he composes his mind before he speaks.

Do not use a cannon to kill a mosquito.

The superior man is universally minded and no partisan. The inferior man is a partisan and not universal.

Let our reason, and not our senses, be the rule of our conduct; for reason will teach us to think wisely, to speak prudently, and to behave worthily.

She who is born with beauty is born with a sorrow for many a man.

Although your father and mother are dead, if you propose to yourself any good work, only reflect how it will make their names illustrious, and your purpose will be fixed.