The wise man delights in water, the Good man delights in mountains. For the wise move; but the Good stay still. The wise are happy; but the good secure.
Those whose courses are different cannot lay plans for one another.
A gentleman does not promote a man on account of what he says; nor does he reject sayings, because the speaker is what he is.
There is one word which may serve as a rule of practice for all one's life -reciprocity.
The superior man thinks always of virtue; the common man thinks of comfort.
A good man regards the root; he fixes the root, and ail else flows out of it. The root is filial piety; the fruit brotherly love.