Don't be concerned about others not appreciating you. Be concerned about your not appreciating others.

In your promises cleave to what is right, And you will be able to fulfill your word.

What Heaven has conferred is called The Nature; an accordance with this nature is called The Path of duty; the regulation of this path is called Instruction. The path may not be left for an instant. If it could be left, it would not be the path.

He who needs only coarse food, water and drink, and as pillow his folded arms will find happiness without further search.

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

The superior man, extensively studying all learning, and keeping himself under the restraint of the rules of propriety, may thus likewise not overstep what is right.

He who kisses girl on hillside is not level