Desire to have things done quickly prevents their being done thoroughly.

Happiness does not consist in having what you want, but in wanting what you have

There is good government when those who are near are made happy, and when those who are afar are attracted.

How great is the path proper to the Sage! Like overflowing water, it sends forth and nourishes all things, and rises up to the height of heaven. All-complete is its greatness! It embraces the three hundred rules of ceremony, and the three thousand rules of demeanor. It waits for the proper man, and then it is trodden. Hence it is said, 'Only by perfect virtue can the perfect path, in all its courses, be made a fact.'

In ancient times, those who wished to illuminate the world with virtue first brought order to their nations. Wishing to order well their nations, they first harmonized their families. Wishing to harmonize their families, they first cultivated themselves. Wishing to cultivate themselves, they first rectified their minds. Those who wished to rectify their minds first made their intentions sincere.

Not too isolated, not too many relationships, the middle, that's wisdom.

Without that innate sense of human worth, a man cannot long endure adversity, nor can he long enjoy prosperity.