When nature exceeds culture, we have the rustic. When culture exceeds nature, we have the pedant.

The commander of the forces of a large State may be carried off, but the will of even a common man cannot be taken from him.

The faults of a superior person are like the sun and moon. They have their faults, and everyone sees them; they change and everyone looks up to them.

Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without.

The superior man... does not set his mind either for or against anything, he will pursue whatever is right. The superior man thinks of virtue, the common man of comfort.

Let a ruler base his government upon virtuous principles, and he will be like the pole-star, which remains steadfast in its place, while all the host of stars turn towards it

An inconvenience is an unrecognized opportunity.