To be poor without murmuring is difficult. To be rich without being proud is easy.
Even if I could, I would not exahnge their virtues for my own. And that is why they are intent on learning from me.
If you want happiness for a year, inherit a fortune. If you want happiness for a lifetime, help someone else.
To see what is right and not to do it is want of courage, or of principle.
True wisdom is knowing what you don't know
If a man has no humaneness what can his propriety be like? If a man has no humaneness what can his happiness be like?