It is better to play than do nothing.

The Master said, I set my heart on the Way, base myself on virtue, lean upon benevolence for support and take my recreation in the arts.

The gentleman calls attention to the good points in others; he does not call attention to their defects. The small man does just the reverse of this.

Reviewing the day's lessons. Isn't it joyful? Friends come from far. Isn't it delightful? One has never been angry at other's misunderstanding. Isn't he a respectable man?

Of all that Heaven produces and nourishes, there is none so great as man.

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.

To study and at times practice what one has learned, is this not a pleasure?