Don't worry about being acknowledged by others; worry about failing to acknowledge them.

To be wronged is nothing unless you continue to remember it.

A blemish may be removed from a diamond by careful polishing, but evil words once spoken cannot be effaced.

If one should desire to know whether a kingdom is well governed, if its morals are good or bad, the quality of its music will furnish the answer.

Those whose courses are different cannot lay plans for one another.

The Master said, "Wealth and honor are things that all people desire, and yet unless they are acquired in the proper way I will not abide them. Poverty and disgrace are things that all people hate, and yet unless they are avoided in the proper way I will not despise them. If the gentleman abandons ren, how can he be worthy of that name? The gentleman does not violate ren even for the amount of time required to eat a meal. Even in times of urgency or distress, he does not depart from it."

Eat at your own as you would the table of a king.