Exemplary persons are steadfast in the face of adversity, while petty persons are engulfed by it.
People with virtue must speak out; People who speak are not all virtuous.
Only after Winter comes do we know that the pine and the cypress are the last to fade.
Settle one difficulty, and you keep a hundred away.
The silent treasuring up of knowledge; learning without satiety; and instructing others without being wearied: which one of these things belongs to me?
Every journey starts with a single step.