There is only one thing in life which never changes, and it is change.

A youth is to be regarded with respect. How do we know that his future will not be equal to our present?

Wisdom delights in water; love delights in hills. Wisdom is stirring; love is quiet. Wisdom is merry; love grows old.

He who learns but does not think, is lost! He who thinks but does not learn is in great danger... Men of superior mind busy themselves first getting at the root of things; when they succeed, the right course is open to them.

If one leads them with administrative measures and uses punishments to make them conform, the people will be evasive, but if one leads them with virtue, they will come up to expectations.

It is when those who are not strong enough have made some moderate amount of progress that they fail and give up.

The superior man is satisfied and composed; the mean man is always full of distress.