In dealing with the dead, if we treat them as if they were entirely dead, that would show a want of affection and should not be done; or, if we treat them as if they were entirely alive, that would show a want of wisdom and should not be done.

Study as if you have not reached your goal - hold it as if you were afraid of losing what you have.

We should keep the dead before our eyes, and honor them as though still living

If language is not correct, then what is said is not what is meant; if what is said is not what is meant, then what must be done remains undone; if this remains undone, morals and art will deteriorate; if justice goes astray, the people will stand about in helpless confusion. Hence there must be no arbitrariness in what is said. This matters above everything.

He who requires much from himself and little from others, will keep himself from being the object of resentment.

When you meet someone better than yourself, turn your thoughts to becoming his equal. When you meet someone not as good as you are, look within and examine your own self.

The injury of prodigality leads to this, that he who will not economize will have to agonize.