The sun and moon shine on all without partiality.

If we don't know life, how can we know death?

That a man lives is because he is straight. That a man who dupes others survives is because he has been fortunate enough to be spared.

To put the world in order, we must first put the nation in order; to put the nation in order, we must first put the family in order; to put the family in order; we must first cultivate our personal life; we must first set our hearts right.

The cautious seldom err.

In antiquity men studied for their own sake; nowadays men study for the sake of impressing others.

The superior man... does not set his mind either for or against anything, he will pursue whatever is right. The superior man thinks of virtue, the common man of comfort.