If you don't want to do something,don't impose on others

If you would govern a state of a thousand chariots (a small-to-middle-size state), you must pay strict attention to business, be true to your word, be economical in expenditure and love the people.

To learn and from time to time to apply what one has learned - isn't that a pleasure?

A fool despises good counsel, but a wise man takes it to heart.

Knowing something is not as good as liking it. Liking something is not as good as rejoicing in it.

Without that innate sense of human worth, a man cannot long endure adversity, nor can he long enjoy prosperity.

The man who asks a question is a fool for a minute, the man who does not ask is a fool for life.