Eat at your own as you would the table of a king.
Women and people of low birth are very hard to deal with. If you are friendly to them, they get out of hand, and if you keep your distance, they resent it.
The green reed which bends in the wind is stronger than the mighty oak which breaks in a storm.
What the superior man seeks is in himself; what the small man seeks is in others.
The superior man is satisfied and composed; the mean man is always full of distress.
There are three marks of a superior man: being virtuous, he is free from anxiety; being wise, he is free from perplexity; being brave, he is free from fear.