We should feel sorrow, but not sink under its oppression.

By the ruler's cultivation of his own character there is set up the example of the course which all should pursue.

If you yourself desire establishment, then help others to get establishment; if you yourself want success, then help others to attain success.

He who learns but does not think, is lost. He who thinks but does not learn is in great danger.

A country of a thousand war-chariots cannot be administered unless the ruler attends strictly to business, punctually observes his promises, is economical in expenditure, loves the people, and uses the labor of the peasantry only at the proper times of year.

What can a man do with music who is not benevolent?

Behind every smile there's teeth.