Only by perfect virtue can the perfect path, in all its courses, be made a fact.
To prefer it is better than to only know it. To delight in it is better than merely to prefer it.
A gentleman is calm and spacious: the vulgar are always fretting.
He who knows all the answers has not been asked all the questions.
First and foremost, be faithful to your superiors, keep all promises, refuse the friendship of all who are not like you; and if you have made a mistake, do not be afraid of admitting the fact and amending your ways.
From the Son of Heaven down to the mass of the people, all must consider the cultivation of the person the root of everything besides.