A man is great not because he hasn't failed; a man is great because failure hasn't stopped him.
Recompense injury with justice, and recompense kindness with kindness.
Happiness does not consist in having what you want, but in wanting what you have
Learning without thought is labor lost; thought without learning is perilous.
I have never seen a man as fond of virtue as of women.
Tsze-Kung asked, “Is there one word with which to act in accordance throughout a lifetime?” The Master said, “Is not reciprocity such a word? What you do not want done to yourself, do not do to others.