A gentleman considers justice to be essential in everything. He practices it according to the principles of propriety. He brings it forth in modesty and faithfully completes it. This is indeed a gentleman.

The general of a large army may be defeated, but you cannot defeat the determined mind of a peasant.

Being in humaneness is good. If we select other goodness and thus are far apart from humaneness, how can we be the wise?

When you meet someone better than yourself, turn your thoughts to becoming his equal. When you meet someone not as good as you are, look within and examine your own self.

The requisites of government are that there be sufficiency of food, sufficiency of military equipment, and the confidence of the people in their ruler.

To rein a kingdom efficiently it is necessary, before all, to put into good order the family. It's impossible for a man who doesn't know how to lead his own family to know how to lead a country.

Three things cannot long be hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth.