Be loyal and trustworthy. Do not befriend anyone who is lower than yourself in this regard.

From the Son of Heaven down to the mass of the people, all must consider the cultivation of the person the root of everything besides.

If a man takes no thought about what is distant, he will find sorrow near at hand.

The gentleman sees what is right while the small man sees what is profitable.

Study as if you have not reached your goal - hold it as if you were afraid of losing what you have.

The superior man is easy to serve, but difficult to please ... The inferior man is difficult to serve, but easy to please.

The Master said, “What a worthy man was Yan Hui! Living in a narrow alley, subsisting upon meager bits of rice and water—other people could not have borne such hardship, and yet it never spoiled Hui’s joy. What a worthy man was Hui!” (Analects 6.11)