The Master said of Gong Yechang, “He is marriageable. Although he was once imprisoned and branded as a criminal, he was in fact innocent of any crime.” The Master gave him his daughter in marriage. (Analects 5.1)

He who keeps danger in mind, is he who will rest safe in his seat; he who keeps ruin in mind, is he who will preserve his interests secure.

Forget injuries, never forget kindnesses.

A good man regards the root; he fixes the root, and ail else flows out of it. The root is filial piety; the fruit brotherly love.

If you did not do so for the sake of riches,You must have done so for the sake of novelty.

The superior man thinks always of virtue; the common man thinks of comfort.

Whatever heaven ordains is best.