The superior man is quiet and calm, waiting for the appointments of heaven, while the mean man walks in dangerous paths, looking for lucky occurrences.
To study and at times practice what one has learned, is this not a pleasure?
Confucius say... politician is one who shakes your hand before elections and your confidence after.
Never hesitate to ask a lesser person.
When you have faults, do not fear to abandon them.
Sir, in carrying on your government, why should you use killing at all? Let your evinced desires be for what is good, and the people will be good. The relation between superiors and inferiors is like that between the wind and the grass. The grass must bend, when the wind blows across it.