A gentleman would be ashamed should his deeds not match his words.
A wise man seeks by music to strengthen his soul: the thoughtless one uses it to stifle his fears.
There is one word which may serve as a rule of practice for all one's life -reciprocity.
It is when those who are not strong enough have made some moderate amount of progress that they fail and give up.
An inch of time on the sundial is worth more than a foot of jade.
The administration of government lies in getting proper men. Such men are to be got by means of the ruler's own character. That character is to be cultivated by his treading in the ways of duty. And the treading those ways of duty is to be cultivated by the cherishing of benevolence.