People with virtue must speak out; People who speak are not all virtuous.

Wouldst thou know if a people be well governed, or if its laws be good or bad, examine the music it practices.

The great man is sparing in words but prodigal in deeds.

Great as heaven and earth are, men still find some things in them with which to be dissatisfied. Thus it is that, were the superior man to speak of his way in all its greatness, nothing in the world would be found able to embrace it, and were he to speak of it in its minuteness, nothing in the world would be found able to split it.

If proper in their own conduct, what difficulty would they have in governing? But if not able to be proper in their own conduct, how can they demand such conduct from others?

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.

One dedicated worker is worth a thousand slaves.