First and foremost, be faithful to your superiors, keep all promises, refuse the friendship of all who are not like you; and if you have made a mistake, do not be afraid of admitting the fact and amending your ways.

Wisdom is worried for being slow in its speech and expeditious in its actions.

The one who was born a genius can't win against the one who tries, and the one who tries can't win against the one who enjoys.

A superior man in dealing with the world is not for anything or against anything. He follows righteousness as the standard.

Instead of being concerned that you have no office, be concerned to think how you may fit yourself for office. Instead of being concerned that you are not known, seek to be worthy of being known.

A happy union with wife and child is like the music of lutes and harps.

Knowledge is recognizing what you know and what you don't.