To know is to know that you know nothing. That is the meaning of true knowledge.

The superior man limits his achievements.

Wisdom delights in water; love delights in hills. Wisdom is stirring; love is quiet. Wisdom is merry; love grows old.

The cautious seldom err.

The ideal teacher guides his students but does not pull them along; he urges them to go forward and does not suppress them; he opens the way but does not take them to the place.

If the search for riches were sure to be successful, though I should become a groom with a whip in my hand to get them, I will do so. As the search may not be successful, I will follow after that which I love.

A good man is not mine to see. Could I see a man possessed of constancy, that would satisfy me.