One dedicated worker is worth a thousand slaves.
The virtuous man is driven by responsibility, the non-virtuous man is driven by profit.
The scholar does not consider gold and jade to be precious treasures, but loyalty and good faith.
The main object of conciliation lies in reaching a solution to a case based upon morals and with a warm heart.
Learning without thought is labour lost.
First there must be order and harmony within your own mind. Then this order will spread to your family, then to the community, and finally to your entire kingdom. Only then can you have peace and harmony.