A gentleman is ashamed to let his words outrun his deeds.
A person of character takes as much trouble to discover what is right as the lesser men take to discover what will pay.
There are not the weeds the ones that drown the good seed, but the negligence of the peasant.
There are 1,000 lessons in defeat. But only one in victory.
A lack of patience in trifling matters might lead to the disruption of great project.
How transcendent is the virtue of the middle conduct! Rare for a long time has been its practice among the people.