Every duty is a charge, but the charge of oneself is the root of all others.

The great person never loses a childlike spirit.

All people have the common desire to be elevated in honour, but all people have something still more elevated in themselves without knowing it.

So I like life and I like righteousness; if I cannot keep the two together, I will let life go and choose righteousness.

He who loves others is always loved by them, and he who respects others is always respected by them.

The root of the kingdom is in the state. The root of the state is in the family. The root of the family is in the person of its head.

Human nature is disposed to do good.