Do not worry about not holding high position; worry rather about playing your proper role. Worry not that no one knows of you; seek to be worth knowing.

Know what you know and know that you don't know what you don't know — that is the characteristic of one who knows.

I daily examine myself on three points: In planning for others, have I failed in conscientiousness? In intercourse with friends, have I been insincere? And have I failed to practice what I have been taught?

The wise find pleasure in water; the virtuous find pleasure in hills. The wise are active; the virtuous are tranquil. The wise are joyful; the virtuous are long-lived.

Virtue is not left to stand alone. He who practices it will have neighbors.

Man shoot at nothing, sure to hit it.

Care not for want of place; care for thy readiness to fill one. Care not for being unknown, but seek to be worthy of note.