When superiors are fond of showing their humanity, inferiors try to outstrip one another in their practice of it.
Look not at what is contrary to propriety; listen not to what is contrary to propriety; speak not what is contrary to propriety; make no movement which is contrary to propriety.
Words are the voice of the heart.
Thought, unassisted by learning, is dangerous.
Happiness is not at the top of the mountain, but in how to climb.
The higher type of man clings to virtue, the lower type of man clings to material comfort. The higher type of man cherishes justice, the lower type of man cherishes the hope of favors to be received.