Learning without thought is labour lost.

It is not possible for one to teach others who cannot teach his own family.

Everything has its beauty but not everyone sees it. To see it a person only needs to imagine how it could be worse.

Hold faithfulness and sincerity as first principles.

Guide them by edicts, keep them in line with punishments, and the common people will stay out of trouble but will have no sense of shame. Guide them by virtue, keep them in line with the rites, and they will, besides having a sense of shame, reform themselves.

A superior man is one who is free from fear and anxieties

Ceremonies are the first thing to be attended to in the practice of government.