The inner nature of man is the province of Music.

Isn't it a pleasure to study and practice what you have learned? Isn't it also great when friends visit from distant places? If one remains not annoyed when he is not understood by people around him, isn't he a sage?

If you devote your life to seeking revenge, first dig two graves.

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

The superior man will watch over himself when he is alone. He examines his heart that there may be nothing wrong there, and that he may have no cause of dissatisfaction with himself.

A youth is to be regarded with respect.

Do not worry if others do not understand you. Instead worry if you do not understand others.