He who speaks without modesty will find it difficult to make his words good.

The superior person is calm and composed; the lesser person is continuously worried and distressed.

The superior man is intelligently, not blindly, faithful.

There is nothing more visible than what is secret, and nothing more manifest than what is minute.

Don’t complain about the snow on your neighbor’s roof when your own doorstep is unclean.

If I were travelling with two partners, one virtuous and one dishonest, both would be useful as teachers. I would perceive what's good of the first one and I would imitate him whereas I would try to correct in me the defects I may see in the second one.

The Master said, “A true gentleman is one who has set his heart upon the Way. A fellow who is ashamed merely of shabby clothing or modest meals is not even worth conversing with.” (Analects 4.9)