If you would one day renovate yourself, do so from day to day.

He who requires much from himself and little from others, will keep himself from being the object of resentment.

A country of a thousand war-chariots cannot be administered unless the ruler attends strictly to business, punctually observes his promises, is economical in expenditure, loves the people, and uses the labor of the peasantry only at the proper times of year.

Coarse rice to eat, water to drink, my bended arm for a pillow - therein is happiness. Wealth and rank attained through immoral means are nothing but drifting clouds.

I do not want a friend who smiles when I smile, who weeps when I weep; for my shadow in the pool can do better than that.

Although your father and mother are dead, if you propose to yourself any good work, only reflect how it will make their names illustrious, and your purpose will be fixed.

The father who does not teach his son his duties is equally guilty with the son who neglects them.