The gentleman desires to be halting in speech but quick in action.

Virtuous people often revenge themselves for the constraints to which they submit by the boredom which they inspire.

The virtuous will be sure to speak uprightly; but those whose speech is upright may not be virtuous.

He who learns but does not think, is lost! He who thinks but does not learn is in great danger... Men of superior mind busy themselves first getting at the root of things; when they succeed, the right course is open to them.

The faults of a superior person are like the sun and moon. They have their faults, and everyone sees them; they change and everyone looks up to them.

If you don't know how to live, why wonder about death?

To study and constantly, is this not a pleasure? To have friends come from far away places, is this not a joy? If people do not recognize your worth, but this does not worry you, are you not a true gentleman?