A real man is he whose goodness is a part of himself.
Water indeed will flow indifferently to the east or west, but will it flow indifferently up or down? The tendency of our nature to good is like the tendency of water to flow downwards. There are none but have this tendency to good, just as all water flows downward.
Sincerity is the way to heaven.
Heaven sees as the people see. Heaven hears as the people hear.
The feeling of compassion is the beginning of humanity.
Friendship with a man is friendship with his virtue, and does not admit of assumptions of superiority.