Wouldst thou know if a people be well governed, or if its laws be good or bad, examine the music it practices.

Let a man be stimulated by poetry, established by the rules of propriety, and perfected by music.

Rather than caring about whether or not you are known, strive to be worth knowing.

Listen much, keep silent when in doubt, and always take heed of the tongue; thou wilt make few mistakes. See much, beware of pitfalls, and always give heed to thy walk; thou wilt have little to rue. If thy words are seldom wrong, thy deeds leave little to rue, pay will follow.

those who understands is not better than those who appreciates, those who appreciates is not better than those who enjoys.

Without that innate sense of human worth, a man cannot long endure adversity, nor can he long enjoy prosperity.

Do not use a cannon to kill a mosquito.