Only after Winter comes do we know that the pine and the cypress are the last to fade.

The journey with a 1000 miles begins with one step.

Words are the voice of the heart.

From the Son of Heaven down to the mass of the people, all must consider the cultivation of the person the root of everything besides.

A man who lacks reliability is utterly useless.

The superior man does not mind being in office; all he minds about is whether he has qualities that entitle him to office. He does not mind failing to get recognition; he is too busy doing the things that entitle him to recognition.

When nature exceeds culture, we have the rustic. When culture exceeds nature, we have the pedant.