Mankind fears an evil man but heaven does not.
Only when someone refuses to do certain things will he be capable of doing great things.
It is not difficult to govern. All one has to do is not to offend the noble families.
Friendship with a man is friendship with his virtue, and does not admit of assumptions of superiority.
The regular path of virtue is to be pursued without any bend, and from no view to emolument.
Only those who develop their minds and spirits to the utmost can serve Heaven and fulfill their own destinies.