If your desire is for good, the people will be good.

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

When the multitude detests a man, inquiry is necessary; when the multitude likes a man, inquiry is equally necessary.

In a country well governed, poverty is something to be ashamed of. In a country badly governed, wealth is something to be ashamed of.

The Master said, I set my heart on the Way, base myself on virtue, lean upon benevolence for support and take my recreation in the arts.

Words are the voice of the heart.

Things have their roots and branches. Affairs have their beginnings and their ends. To know what is first and what is last will lead one near the Way.