What you do not want done to yourself, do not do to others.
If I am virtuous and worthy, for whom should I not maintain a proper concern?
Music produces a kind of pleasure which human nature cannot do without.
To see and listen to the wicked is already the beginning of wickedness.
Without goodness a man cannot endure adversity for long, nor can he enjoy prosperity for long. The good man is naturally at ease with goodness. The wise man cultivates goodness for its advantage.
The superior man does not mind being in office; all he minds about is whether he has qualities that entitle him to office. He does not mind failing to get recognition; he is too busy doing the things that entitle him to recognition.