If a superior man abandon virtue, how can he fulfil the requirements of that name?
Rate the task above the prize; will not the mind be raised? Fight thine own faults, not the faults of others; will not evil be mended?
How transcendent is the virtue of the middle conduct! Rare for a long time has been its practice among the people.
The chase of gain is rich in hate
If you try to do too much, you will not achieve anything.
The superior person is calm and composed; the lesser person is continuously worried and distressed.