You can cheat an honest man but not make a fool out of him.

One joy dispels a hundred cares.

See a person's means ... Observe his motives. Examine that in which he rests. How can a person conceal his character?

There is good government when those who are near are made happy, and when those who are afar are attracted.

The man who is master of himself drinks gravely and wisely.

The superior man is universally minded and no partisan. The inferior man is a partisan and not universal.

Even if I could, I would not exahnge their virtues for my own. And that is why they are intent on learning from me.