Let a man be stimulated by poetry, established by the rules of propriety, and perfected by music.
When superiors are fond of showing their humanity, inferiors try to outstrip one another in their practice of it.
Don't worry about being acknowledged by others; worry about failing to acknowledge them.
The superior man is firm in the right way and not merely firm.
A true gentleman makes demands upon himself but not upon others.
When a person should be spoken with, and you don't speak with them, you lose them. When a person shouldn't be spoken with and you speak to them, you waste your breath. The wise do not lose people, nor do they waste their breath.