The love to Wisdom is getting closer to the own bright path.

The superior man governs men, according to their nature, with what is proper to them, and as soon as they change what is wrong, he stops.

The way of the superior man may be compared to what takes place in traveling, when to go to a distance we must first traverse the space that is near, and in ascending a height, when we must begin from the lower ground.

Wealth and rank are what men desire, but unless they be obtained in the right way they may not be possessed. Poverty and obscurity are what men detest; but unless prosperity be brought about in the right way, they are not to be abandoned.

He who keeps danger in mind, is he who will rest safe in his seat; he who keeps ruin in mind, is he who will preserve his interests secure.

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

A gentleman is ashamed to let his words outrun his deeds.