To study and at times practice what one has learned, is this not a pleasure?

Even if people do not know what real kindness is, they nonetheless have it within them.

A gentleman considers justice to be essential in everything. He practices it according to the principles of propriety. He brings it forth in modesty and faithfully completes it. This is indeed a gentleman.

The Master said of Gong Yechang, “He is marriageable. Although he was once imprisoned and branded as a criminal, he was in fact innocent of any crime.” The Master gave him his daughter in marriage. (Analects 5.1)

It is better to live in peace than in bitterness and strife

In vain I have looked for a single man capable of seeing his own faults and bringing the charge home against himself.

A youth is to be regarded with respect.