What the great learning teaches, is to illustrate illustrious virtue; to renovate the people; and to rest in the highest excellence.

Without an acquaintance with the rules of propriety, it is impossible for the character to be established

A wise man seeks by music to strengthen his soul: the thoughtless one uses it to stifle his fears.

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

The more you know yourself, the more you forgive yourself.

The superior man has a dignified ease without pride. The mean man has pride without a dignified ease.

A father's and a mother's age must be borne in mind; with joy on the one hand, fear on the other.