Exemplary persons are steadfast in the face of adversity, while petty persons are engulfed by it.
Justice is like the north star, which is fixed, and all the rest revolve about it.
If I do not participate in the sacrifice, it is as if I did not sacrifice at all.
You cannot open a book without learning something.
As the water shapes itself to the vessel that contains it, so a wise man adapts himself to circumstances.
Knowledge without practice is useless. Practice without knowledge is dangerous.