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

The archer who misses his mark does not blame the target. He stops, corrects himself and shoots again.

Conscience is the inner voice which warns us that someone might be looking. Hear and you forget, see and you remember, do and you understand.

When you see a good man, think of emulating him; when you see a bad man, examine your own heart.

The Master said, “A true gentleman is one who has set his heart upon the Way. A fellow who is ashamed merely of shabby clothing or modest meals is not even worth conversing with.” (Analects 4.9)

The gentleman sees what is right while the small man sees what is profitable.

Let a man be stimulated by poetry, established by the rules of propriety, and perfected by music.