It is man that makes truth great, and not truth that makes man great.
Clever talk can confound the workings of virtue, just as small impatiences can confound great projects.
When there are duties to perform [true] servants and sons serve their labors.
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.
What is necessary is to rectify names.
I'd rather die for speaking out, than to live and be silent.