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

To give oneself ernestly to securing righteousness and justice among the people, and while respecting the gods and demons, to keep aloof from them, that may be called wisdom.

In the Book of Poetry there are three hundred poems, but the meaning of all of them may be put in a single sentence: Have no debasing thoughts.

To go beyond is as wrong as to fall short.

Happiness does not consist in having what you want, but in wanting what you have

To know that one knows what one knows, and to know that one doesn't know what one doesn't know, there lies true wisdom.

For benefits return benefits; for injuries return justice without any admixture of revenge.