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.

Don't do unto others what you don't want others to do unto you.

Do not worry about not holding high position; worry rather about playing your proper role. Worry not that no one knows of you; seek to be worth knowing.

Learning without thought is labor lost; thought without learning is perilous.

By the ruler's cultivation of his own character there is set up the example of the course which all should pursue.

How transcendent is the virtue of the middle conduct! Rare for a long time has been its practice among the people.

An inconvenience is an unrecognized opportunity.