Learning without thought is labour lost.

The superior man * * * in regard to his speech * * * is anxious that it should be sincere.

Chi Wen Tzu always thought three times before taking action. Twice would have been quite enough.

I have never seen a man as fond of virtue as of women.

Things have their roots and branches. Affairs have their beginnings and their ends. To know what is first and what is last will lead one near the Way.

The father who does not teach his son his duties is equally guilty with the son who neglects them.

Clever talk can confound the workings of virtue, just as small impatiences can confound great projects.