Wisdom is worried for being slow in its speech and expeditious in its actions.

The parents age must be remembered, both for joy and anxiety.

The superior man, even when he is not moving, has a feeling of reverence, and while he speaks not, he has the feeling of truthfulness.

Humanity is the equity of the heart.

I never really said all those things I said

Respect the gods, but have as little to do with them as possible.

With coarse rice to eat, with water to drink, and my bent arm for a pillow - I have still joy in the midst of all these things.