When you serve your mother and father it is okay to try to correct them once in a while. But if you see that they are not going to listen to you, keep your respect for them and don't distance yourself from them. Work without complaining.

A country of a thousand war-chariots cannot be administered unless the ruler attends strictly to business, punctually observes his promises, is economical in expenditure, loves the people, and uses the labor of the peasantry only at the proper times of year.

Don't make to others what you don't want them to make to you.

The superior man does what is proper to the station in which he is; he does not desire to go beyond this.

The father who does not teach his son his duties is equally guilty with the son who neglects them.

Signs and symbols rule the world, not words nor laws.

There are three marks of a superior man: being virtuous, he is free from anxiety; being wise, he is free from perplexity; being brave, he is free from fear.