A fool despises good counsel, but a wise man takes it to heart.
A blemish may be removed from a diamond by careful polishing, but evil words once spoken cannot be effaced.
What the superior man seeks is in himself; what the small man seeks is in others.
The nobler sort of man emphasizes the good qualities in others, and does not accentuate the bad. The inferior does.
Only by perfect virtue can the perfect path, in all its courses, be made a fact.
The man of noble mind seeks to achieve the good in others and not their evil. The little-minded man is the reverse of this.