Sincerity is that whereby self-completion is effected, and its way is that by which man must direct himself.

Although your father and mother are dead, if you propose to yourself any good work, only reflect how it will make their names illustrious, and your purpose will be fixed.

He who kisses girl on hillside is not level

If one leads them with administrative measures and uses punishments to make them conform, the people will be evasive, but if one leads them with virtue, they will come up to expectations.

He who fails to prepare, prepares to fail

The superior man is satisfied and composed; the mean man is always full of distress.

The way of the superior man may be compared to what takes place in traveling, when to go to a distance we must first traverse the space that is near, and in ascending a height, when we must begin from the lower ground.