If I am virtuous and worthy, for whom should I not maintain a proper concern?
Every house guest brings you happiness. Some when they arrive, and some when they are leaving
The superior man is firm in the right way and not merely firm.
There are not the weeds the ones that drown the good seed, but the negligence of the peasant.
A gentleman is ashamed to let his words outrun his deeds.
The Master said of Gong Yechang, “He is marriageable. Although he was once imprisoned and branded as a criminal, he was in fact innocent of any crime.” The Master gave him his daughter in marriage. (Analects 5.1)