The path may not be left for an instant. If it could be left, it would not be the path.
Let our reason, and not our senses, be the rule of our conduct; for reason will teach us to think wisely, to speak prudently, and to behave worthily.
Your eyes are always bigger than your stomach.
If names be not correct, language is not in accordance with the truth of things.
The noble-minded are calm and steady. Little people are forever fussing and fretting.
The superior man thinks always of virtue; the common man thinks of comfort.