The superior person gathers his weapons together in order to provide against the unforeseen.

The superior person is calm and composed; the lesser person is continuously worried and distressed.

The object of the superior man is truth.

If you shoot for the stars and hit the moon, it's OK. But you've got to shoot for something. A lot of people don't even shoot.

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.

The way of the superior person is threefold; virtuous, they are free from anxieties; wise they are free from perplexities; and bold they are free from fear.

I have never seen a man as fond of virtue as of women.