Everyone eats and drinks; yet only few appreciate the taste of food.

What can a man do with music who is not benevolent?

A superior man may be made to go to the well, but he cannot be made to go down into it. He may be imposed upon, but he cannot be fooled.

The Master said of Gong Yechang, “He is marriageable. Although he was once imprisoned and branded as a criminal, he was in fact innocent of any crime.” The Master gave him his daughter in marriage. (Analects 5.1)

An angry man is full of poison.

The scholar does not consider gold and jade to be precious treasures, but loyalty and good faith.

One who can move mountains start with the little stones.