If you don't know how to serve men, why worry about serving the gods?

An angry man is full of poison.

Hold faithfulness and sincerity as first principles.

Coarse rice to eat, water to drink, my bended arm for a pillow - therein is happiness. Wealth and rank attained through immoral means are nothing but drifting clouds.

We should feel sorrow, but not sink under its oppression; the heart of a wise man should resemble a mirror, which reflects every object without being sullied by any

A superior man in dealing with the world is not for anything or against anything. He follows righteousness as the standard.

Go before the people with your example, and be laborious in their affairs.