You turn the handle the way it goes, not the way it ought to go

A heart set on love will do no wrong.

The gentleman has nine cares. In seeing he is careful to see clearly; in hearing he is careful to hear distinctly; in his looks he is careful to be kind, in his manner to be respectful, in his words to be sincere, in his work to be diligent. When in doubt he is careful to ask for information; when angry he has a care for the consequences; and when he sees a chance for gain, he thinks carefully whether the pursuits of it would be right.

In his dealings with the world, the gentleman is not invariably for or against anything. He is on the side of what is moral.

In old days men studied for the sake of self-improvement; nowadays men study in order to impress other people.

On matters beyond his ken a gentleman speaks with caution. If names are not right, words are misused. When words are misused, affairs go wrong. When affairs go wrong, courtesy and music droop, law and justice fail. And when law and justice fail them, a people can move neither hand nor foot. So a gentleman must be ready to put names in speech, to put words into deeds. A gentleman is nowise careless of words.

If a man is not good, what has he to do with the rules of propriety? If he is not good, what has he to do with music?