Those who are firm, enduring, simple and unpretentious are the nearest to virtue.
The superior man is universally minded and no partisan. The inferior man is a partisan and not universal.
If I am virtuous and worthy, for whom should I not maintain a proper concern?
The Essence of Knowledge is, having it, to use it.
Things that are done, it is needless to speak about...things that are past, it is needless to blame.
Let our reason, and not our senses, be the rule of our conduct; for reason will teach us to think wisely, to speak prudently, and to behave worthily.