I have not seen one who loves virtue as he loves beauty.

Justice is like the north star, which is fixed, and all the rest revolve about it.

The superior man thinks always of virtue; the common man thinks of comfort.

Speak the truth, do not yield to anger; give, if thou art asked for little; by these three steps thou wilt go near the gods.

Earnest in practicing the ordinary virtues, and careful in speaking about them, if, in his practice, he has anything defective, the superior man dares not but exert himself; and if, in his words, he has any excess, he dares not allow himself such license.

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

Only by perfect virtue can the perfect path, in all its courses, be made a fact.