If you think in terms of a year, plant a seed; if in terms of ten years, plant trees; if in terms of 100 years, teach the people.

Table your mistakes, learn from them, then move on.

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

Never seek illicit wealth.

When a person should be spoken with, and you don't speak with them, you lose them. When a person shouldn't be spoken with and you speak to them, you waste your breath. The wise do not lose people, nor do they waste their breath.

The Superior Man is aware of Righteousness, the inferior man is aware of advantage.

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