There are three friendships which are advantageous, and three which are injurious. Friendship with the upright; friendship with the sincere; and friendship with the man of much observation: these are advantageous. Friendship with the man of specious airs; friendship with the insinuatingly soft; and friendship with the glib-tongued: these are injurious.

He who works for his own interests will arouse much animosity

Although your father and mother are dead, if you propose to yourself any good work, only reflect how it will make their names illustrious, and your purpose will be fixed.

Wisdom, humanity & courage, these three are universal virtues. The way by which they are practiced are one.

A superior man in dealing with the world is not for anything or against anything. He follows righteousness as the standard.

To be wronged is nothing unless you continue to remember it.

A good man is not mine to see. Could I see a man possessed of constancy, that would satisfy me.