The Way lies at hand yet it is sought afar off; the thing lies in the easy yet it is sought in the difficult.
Friendship with a man is friendship with his virtue, and does not admit of assumptions of superiority.
Kindly words do not enter so deeply into men as a reputation for kindness.
He who exerts his mind to the utmost knows his nature.
It is not difficult to govern. All one has to do is not to offend the noble families.
Friends are the siblings God never gave us.