To know and not do, is to not yet know.

A workman who wants to do his work well must first prepare his tools.

A gentleman is ashamed to let his words outrun his deeds.

The superior man has a dignified ease without pride. The mean man has pride without a dignified ease.

If a man takes no thought about what is distant, he will find sorrow near at hand.

The superior person gathers his weapons together in order to provide against the unforeseen.

When the Superior Man eats he does not try to stuff himself; at rest he does not seek perfect comfort; he is diligent in his work and careful in speech. He avails himself to people of the Tao and thereby corrects himself. This is the kind of person of whom you can say, "he loves learning."