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

Learning without thought is labor lost; thought without learning is perilous.

Slater soaks into the mind as water into low and marshy places, where it becomes stagnant and offensive.

There is the love of knowing without the love of learning; the beclouding here leads to dissipation of mind.

When you meet someone better than yourself, turn your thoughts to becoming his equal. When you meet someone not as good as you are, look within and examine your own self.

The determined scholar and the man of virtue will not seek to live at the expense of injuring their virtue. They will even sacrifice their lives to preserve their virtue complete.

When you locate good in yourself, approve of it with determination. When you locate evil in yourself, despise it as something detestable.