A great man is hard on himself; a small man is hard on others.

In your promises cleave to what is right, And you will be able to fulfill your word.

Even if I could, I would not exahnge their virtues for my own. And that is why they are intent on learning from me.

If my mind be not engaged in worship, it is as though I worshipped not.

To study and constantly, is this not a pleasure? To have friends come from far away places, is this not a joy? If people do not recognize your worth, but this does not worry you, are you not a true gentleman?

Great as heaven and earth are, men still find some things in them with which to be dissatisfied. Thus it is that, were the superior man to speak of his way in all its greatness, nothing in the world would be found able to embrace it, and were he to speak of it in its minuteness, nothing in the world would be found able to split it.

Forget injuries, never forget kindnesses.