Justice is like the north star, which is fixed, and all the rest revolve about it.

He with whom neither slander that gradually soaks into the mind, nor statements that startle like a wound in the flesh, are successful may be called intelligent indeed.

Ah, music, sacred tongue of God! I hear thee calling and I come.

The superior man will watch over himself when he is alone. He examines his heart that there may be nothing wrong there, and that he may have no cause of dissatisfaction with himself.

Don't worry about being acknowledged by others; worry about failing to acknowledge them.

In dealing with the dead, if we treat them as if they were entirely dead, that would show a want of affection and should not be done; or, if we treat them as if they were entirely alive, that would show a want of wisdom and should not be done.

A gentleman considers what is right; the vulgar consider what will pay.