The superior man is firm in the right way and not merely firm.
True knowledge is when one knows the limitations of one's knowledge.
One who has accumulated virtue will certainly also possess eloquence; but he who has eloquence doe not necessarily possess virtue.
Waste begets self-will; thrift begets meanness: but better be mean than self-willed.
As the water shapes itself to the vessel that contains it, so a wise man adapts himself to circumstances.
Isn't it a pleasure to study and practice what you have learned? Isn't it also great when friends visit from distant places? If one remains not annoyed when he is not understood by people around him, isn't he a sage?