One who has accumulated virtue will certainly also possess eloquence; but he who has eloquence doe not necessarily possess virtue.

If I give a student one-fourth of what he should know, I expect him to get the other three-fourths himself, otherwise I do not want him as a student.

By the ruler's cultivation of his own character there is set up the example of the course which all should pursue.

Don’t complain about the snow on your neighbor’s roof when your own doorstep is unclean.

Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without.

The Master said, “If your conduct is determined solely by considerations of profit you will arouse great resentment.

A man who reviews the old so as to find out the new is qualified to teach others.