He who exercises government by means of his virtue may be compared to the north polar star, which keeps its place and all the stars turn towards it.

There are those men who say to repay evil with kindness. But I say, how then are we to repay kindness? Repay kindness with kindness, but repay evil with justice.

Do not unto another that you would hot have him do unto you. Thou needest this law alone. It is the foundation of all the rest.

If one is guided by profit in one's actions, one will incur much ill will.

Not to mend one's ways when one has erred is to err indeed.

Make faithfulness and truth thy masters: have no friends unlike thyself: be not ashamed to mend thy faults.

If you shoot for the stars and hit the moon, it's OK. But you've got to shoot for something. A lot of people don't even shoot.