The superior man is slow in his words and earnest in his conduct.

If one learns from others, but does not think, one will be bewildered. If, on the other hand, one thinks but does not learn from others, one will be in peril.

Tea tempers the spirits and harmonizes the mind, dispels lassitude and relieves fatigue, awakens thought and prevents drowsiness, lightens or refreshes the body, and clears the perceptive faculties.

An angry man is full of poison.

The man who is master of himself drinks gravely and wisely.

Even if people do not know what real kindness is, they nonetheless have it within them.

A man should practice what he preaches, but a man should also preach what he practices.