How transcendent is the virtue of the middle conduct! Rare for a long time has been its practice among the people.

If you lead the people with correctness, who will dare not be correct?

A youth, when at home, should be filial, and, abroad, respectful to his elders.

Conscience is the inner voice which warns us that someone might be looking. Hear and you forget, see and you remember, do and you understand.

A good man does not worry about not being known by others, but rather is concerned about not knowing them.

In a State, pecuniary gain is not to be considered to be prosperity, but its prosperity will be found in righteousness.

When young, beware of fighting; when strong, beware of sex; and when old, beware of possession.