A gentleman wishes to be slow to speak and quick to act.

There is good government when those who are near are made happy, and when those who are afar are attracted.

Every truth has four corners: as a teacher I give you one corner, and it is for you to find the other three.

It is better to light one small candle of gratitude than to curse the darkness.

He Who Knows And Knows That He Knows Is A Wise Man - Follow Him; He Who Knows Not And Knows Not That He Knows Not Is A Fool - Shun Him

At 15 I set my heart on learning; At 30 I firmly took my stand; At 40 I had no delusions; At 50 I knew the Mandate of Heaven; At 60 my ear was attuned; At 70 I followed my heart's desire without overstepping the boundaries of right.

A gentleman is calm and spacious: the vulgar are always fretting.