Do unto others as you wish others do unto you.

When a man's knowledge is sufficient to attain, and his virtue is not sufficient to enable him to hold, whatever he may have gained, he will lose again.

Education breeds confidence. Confidence breeds hope. Hope breeds peace.

Wealth and rank are what men desire, but unless they be obtained in the right way they may not be possessed. Poverty and obscurity are what men detest; but unless prosperity be brought about in the right way, they are not to be abandoned.

When you see a good man, try to emulate his example, and when you see a bad man, search yourself for his faults.

Guide them by edicts, keep them in line with punishments, and the common people will stay out of trouble but will have no sense of shame. Guide them by virtue, keep them in line with the rites, and they will, besides having a sense of shame, reform themselves.

To know it is not as good as to love it, and to love it is not as good as to take delight in it.