The man who moves a mountain begins by carrying away small stones.
The faults of a superior person are like the sun and moon. They have their faults, and everyone sees them; they change and everyone looks up to them.
What is necessary is to rectify names.
Ignorance is the night of the mind, but a night without moon or star.
An inch of time on the sundial is worth more than a foot of jade.
A person of character takes as much trouble to discover what is right as the lesser men take to discover what will pay.