The most beautiful sight in the world is a little child going confidently down the road of life after you have shown him the way.

I have yet to meet a man as fond of high moral conduct as he is of outward appearances.

The superior man, when resting in safety, does not forget that danger may come. When in a state of security he does not forget the possibility of ruin. When all is orderly, he does not forget that disorder may come. Thus his person is not endangered, and his States and all their clans are preserved.

It was by music that the ancient kings gave elegant expression to their joy. By their armies and axes they gave the same to their anger.

There are three friendships which are advantageous, and three which are injurious. Friendship with the upright; friendship with the sincere; and friendship with the man of much observation: these are advantageous. Friendship with the man of specious airs; friendship with the insinuatingly soft; and friendship with the glib-tongued: these are injurious.

The superior man does what is proper to the station in which he is; he does not desire to go beyond this.

If you would one day renovate yourself, do so from day to day.