A hammer shatters glass but it also forges steel.

When anger rises, think of the consequences.

There may be men who act without understanding why. I do not. To listen much, pick out the good and follow it; to see much and ponder it: this comes next to understanding.

Those who do not study are only cattle dressed up in men's clothes.

If you think in terms of a year, plant a seed; if in terms of ten years, plant trees; if in terms of 100 years, teach the people.

Between friends, frequent reproofs make the friendship distant.

The determined scholar and the man of virtue will not seek to live at the expense of injuring their virtue. They will even sacrifice their lives to preserve their virtue complete.