A father's and a mother's age must be borne in mind; with joy on the one hand, fear on the other.

Seek Not Every Quality In One Individual.

Without feelings of respect, what is there to distinguish men from beasts?

He who cannot describe the problem will never find the solution to that problem.

He who exercises government by means of his virtue may be compared to the north polar star, which keeps its place and all the stars turn towards it.

The way of the superior man may be compared to what takes place in traveling, when to go to a distance we must first traverse the space that is near, and in ascending a height, when we must begin from the lower ground.

The failure to cultivate virtue, the failure to examine and analyze what I have learned, the inability to move toward righteousness after being shown the way, the inability to correct my faults-these are the causes of my grief.