Human nature is evil, and goodness is caused by intentional activity.

If you wish to see the thousand years, look at today; if you wish to understand the millionfold, then look at the one or the two.

There are successful scholars, public-spirited scholars, upright scholars, cautious scholars, and those who are merely petty men.

The drum is surely the lord of music, is it not?

If the impulse to daring and bravery is too fierce and violent, stay it with guidance and instruction.

Human nature is what Heaven supplies.

They are done merely for ornament. ... the common people regard them as supernatural.