Virtue is more to man than either water or fire. I have seen men die from treading on water and fire, but I have never seen a man die from treading the course of virtue.

The superior man acts before he speaks, and afterwards speaks according to his action.

When a man is guided by the principles of reciprocity and consciousness, he is not far from the moral law. Whatever you don't wish for yourself don't do unto others.

The man who is master of himself drinks gravely and wisely.

In speaking, it is best to be clear and say just enough to convey the meaning.

I saw some piglets suckling their dead mother. After a short while they shuddered and went away. They had sensed that she could no longer see them and that she wasn't like them any more. What they loved in their mother wasn't her body, but whatever it was that made her body live.

To err and not reform, this may indeed be called error.