He who remembers from day to day what he has yet to learn, and from month to month what he has learned already, may be said to have a love of learning.

Seek Not Every Quality In One Individual.

I do not want a friend who smiles when I smile, who weeps when I weep; for my shadow in the pool can do better than that.

He who crosses the ocean twice without washing is a dirty double crosser.

Make fair agreements and stick to them

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)

Wisdom is rooted in watching with affection the way people grow.