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

For one word a man is often deemed to be wise, and for one word he is often deemed to be foolish. We should be careful indeed what we say.

Wisdom, humanity & courage, these three are universal virtues. The way by which they are practiced are one.

The way of the superior person is threefold; virtuous, they are free from anxieties; wise they are free from perplexities; and bold they are free from fear.

If we don't know life, how can we know death?

There are three unfilial acts: the greatest of these is the failure to produce sons.

Men do not stumble over mountains, but over mole hills.