The superior man sets his person at rest before he moves; he composes his mind before he speaks.
We should feel sorrow, but not sink under its oppression.
Writing cannot express all words, words cannot encompass all ideas.
How transcendent is the virtue of the middle conduct! Rare for a long time has been its practice among the people.
To be truly happy and contented, you must let go of what it means to be happy or content.
If a man remembers what is right at the sign of profit, is ready to lay down his life in the face of danger, and does not forget sentiments he has repeated all his life when he has been in straitened circumstances for a long time, he may be said to be a complete man.