Don't make to others what you don't want them to make to you.

Never give a sword to a man who can't dance.

To be excellent when engaged in administration is to be like the North Star. As it remains in its one position, all the other stars surround it.

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

Love should start from people close to us, then be extended to other people, to strangers, and eventually to the world

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 superior man is quiet and calm, waiting for the appointments of heaven, while the mean man walks in dangerous paths, looking for lucky occurrences.