Gentlemen cherish worth; the vulgar cherish dirt. Gentlemen trust in justice; the vulgar trust in favor.

It's only in winter that the pine and cypress are known to be evergreens.

The parents age must be remembered, both for joy and anxiety.

The main object of conciliation lies in reaching a solution to a case based upon morals and with a warm heart.

How great is the path proper to the Sage! Like overflowing water, it sends forth and nourishes all things, and rises up to the height of heaven. All-complete is its greatness! It embraces the three hundred rules of ceremony, and the three thousand rules of demeanor. It waits for the proper man, and then it is trodden. Hence it is said, 'Only by perfect virtue can the perfect path, in all its courses, be made a fact.'

Those who break down the dikes will themselves be drowned in the inundation.

When a man feels the difficulty of doing, can he be other than cautious and slow in speaking?