The gentleman sees what is right while the small man sees what is profitable.

To throw oneself into strange teachings is quite dangerous.

The injury of prodigality leads to this, that he who will not economize will have to agonize.

The people may be made to follow a path of action but they may not be made to understand it.

Coarse rice to eat, water to drink, my bended arm for a pillow - therein is happiness. Wealth and rank attained through immoral means are nothing but drifting clouds.

Knowledge is merely brilliance in organization of ideas and not wisdom. The truly wise person goes beyond knowledge.

To know is to know that you know nothing. That is the meaning of true knowledge.