Plan ahead or find trouble on the doorstep.

A superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions.

What you dislike in your superiors, avoid doing to your inferiors. What you dislike in your inferiors, avoid doing when working for your superiors. What you hate in those who are in front of you, do not do to those behind you.

If names are not correct, then language is not in accord with the truth of things. If language is not in accord with the truth of things, then affairs cannot be carried out successfully.

Wisdom is worried for being slow in its speech and expeditious in its actions.

He who learns but does not think, is lost! He who thinks but does not learn is in great danger... Men of superior mind busy themselves first getting at the root of things; when they succeed, the right course is open to them.

People with virtue must speak out; People who speak are not all virtuous.