To learn without thinking is labour in vain, to think without learning is desolation.

Tea tempers the spirits and harmonizes the mind, dispels lassitude and relieves fatigue, awakens thought and prevents drowsiness, lightens or refreshes the body, and clears the perceptive faculties.

Learning, undigested by thought, is labor lost.

The way out is through the door. Why is it that no one will use this method?

Consideration for others is the basis of a good life, a good society.

Wouldst thou know if a people be well governed, or if its laws be good or bad, examine the music it practices.

The superior man does what is proper to the station in which he is; he does not desire to go beyond this. In a position of wealth and honor, he does what is proper to a position of wealth and honor. In a poor and low position, he does what is proper to a poor and low position.