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?

Let every man consider virtue as what devolves on himself. He may not yield the performance of it even to his teacher.

The Superior Man is aware of Righteousness, the inferior man is aware of advantage.

But if you do not have the Tao yourself, what business have you spending your time in vain efforts to bring corrupt politicians into the right path?

He who learns but does not think, is lost. He who thinks but does not learn is in great danger.

Heaven, in the production of things, is sure to be bountiful to them, according to their qualities. Hence the tree that is flourishing, it nourishes, while that which is ready to fall, it overthrows.

It is the law of nature that woman should be held under the dominance of man.