Be sincere and true to your word, serious and careful in your actions; and you will get along even among barbarians, But if you are not sincere and untrustworthy in your speech, frivolous and careless in your actions, how will you get along even among your own neighbors? When stand, see these principles in front of you; in your carriage see them on the yoke. Then you may be sure to get along.

Is any one able for one day to apply his strength to virtue? I have not seen the case in which his strength would be sufficient.

These are the four abuses: desire to succeed in order to make oneself famous; taking credit for the labors of others; refusal to correct one's errors despite advice; refusal to change one's ideas despite warnings.

A lion chased me up a tree, and I greatly enjoyed the view from the top.

Conscience is the inner voice which warns us that someone might be looking. Hear and you forget, see and you remember, do and you understand.

He who fails to prepare, prepares to fail

A good man regards the root; he fixes the root, and ail else flows out of it. The root is filial piety; the fruit brotherly love.