An oppressive government is more to be feared than a tiger.

A scholar who loves comfort is not fit to be called a scholar.

A great man is hard on himself; a small man is hard on others.

We take greater pains to persuade others that we are happy than in endeavoring to think so ourselves

The demands that good people make are upon themselves; Those that bad people make are upon others.

The superior man honors his virtuous nature, and maintains constant inquiry and study, seeking to carry it out to its breadth and greatness, so as to omit none of the more exquisite and minute points which it embraces, and to raise it to its greatest height and brilliancy.

He who sling mud, lose ground.