To know it is not as good as to love it, and to love it is not as good as to take delight in it.
A workman who wants to do his work well must first prepare his tools.
To study and constantly, is this not a pleasure? To have friends come from far away places, is this not a joy? If people do not recognize your worth, but this does not worry you, are you not a true gentleman?
If a man sets his heart on benevolence he will be free from evil.
Wisdom is worried for being slow in its speech and expeditious in its actions.
The great man is sparing in words but prodigal in deeds.