Good people strengthen themselves ceaselessly

The young should be dutiful at home, modest abroad, careful and true, overflowing in kindness for all, but in brotherhood with love. And if they have strength to spare they should spend it on the arts.

Man shoot at nothing, sure to hit it.

Every house guest brings you happiness. Some when they arrive, and some when they are leaving

In the Book of Poetry there are three hundred poems, but the meaning of all of them may be put in a single sentence: Have no debasing thoughts.

Who keeps the old akindle and adds new knowledge is fitted to be a teacher.

The superior man undergoes three changes. Looked at from a distance, he appears stern; when approached, he is mild; when he is heard to speak, his language is firm and decided.