To be fond of learning is near to wisdom.

When there are duties to perform [true] servants and sons serve their labors.

If you did not do so for the sake of riches,You must have done so for the sake of novelty.

If names are not correct, then language is not in accord with the truth of things. If language is not in accord with the truth of things, then affairs cannot be carried out successfully.

The gods should certainly be revered, but kept at a distance... . The way is not beyond man; he who creates a way outside of man cannot make it a true way. A good man is content with changing man, and that is enough for him.

To rein a kingdom efficiently it is necessary, before all, to put into good order the family. It's impossible for a man who doesn't know how to lead his own family to know how to lead a country.

Conscience is the inner voice which warns us that someone might be looking. Hear and you forget, see and you remember, do and you understand.