If you would govern a state of a thousand chariots (a small-to-middle-size state), you must pay strict attention to business, be true to your word, be economical in expenditure and love the people.
ConfuciusThat a man lives is because he is straight. That a man who dupes others survives is because he has been fortunate enough to be spared.
ConfuciusThe man of noble mind seeks to achieve the good in others and not their evil. The little-minded man is the reverse of this.
Confucius