Let mourning stop when one's grief is fully expressed.

If you know, say you know. If you don't know, say you don't know.

If a man remembers what is right at the sign of profit, is ready to lay down his life in the face of danger, and does not forget sentiments he has repeated all his life when he has been in straitened circumstances for a long time, he may be said to be a complete man.

I am not bothered by the fact that I am not understood. I am bothered when I do not know others.

When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don't adjust the goals, adjust the action steps.

Be aroused by poetry; structure yourself with propriety, refine yourself with music.

Things being investigated, knowledge became complete. Their knowledge being complete, their thoughts were sincere. Their thoughts being sincere, their hearts were then rectified. Their hearts being rectified, their persons were cultivated. Their persons being cultivated, their families were regulated. Their families being regulated, their States were rightly governed. Their States being rightly governed, the whole kingdom was made tranquil and happy.