The scholar does not consider gold and jade to be precious treasures, but loyalty and good faith.
The Gods cannot help those who do not seize opportunities.
There are those men who say to repay evil with kindness. But I say, how then are we to repay kindness? Repay kindness with kindness, but repay evil with justice.
Learn, as if never overtaking your object, and yet as if apprehensive of losing it.
The man who is master of himself drinks gravely and wisely.
In his dealings with the world, the gentleman is not invariably for or against anything. He is on the side of what is moral.