As in the case of making a mound, if, before the very last basketful, I stop, then I shall have stopped. As in the case of leveling the ground, if, though tipping only one basketful, I am going forward, then I shall be making progress.

Let mourning stop when one's grief is fully expressed.

An inch of time on the sundial is worth more than a foot of jade.

Benevolence is the characteristic element of humanity.

One hundred women are not worth a single testicle.

Better than the one who knows what is right is the one who loves what is right.

When a person should be spoken with, and you don't speak with them, you lose them. When a person shouldn't be spoken with and you speak to them, you waste your breath. The wise do not lose people, nor do they waste their breath.