There are those men who say to repay evil with kindness. But I say, how then are we to repay kindness? Repay kindness with kindness, but repay evil with justice.
What you do not wish upon yourself, extend not to others.
People with virtue must speak out; People who speak are not all virtuous.
The Master was entirely free from four things: prejudice, foregone conclusions, obstinacy, and egoism.
A man who lacks reliability is utterly useless.
How transcendent is the virtue of the middle conduct! Rare for a long time has been its practice among the people.