If knowledge and foresight are too penetrating and deep, unify them with ease and sincerity.

If the gentleman has ability, he is magnanimous, generous, tolerant, and straightforward, through which he opens the way to instruct others.

You look upon the seasons with expectation and await them: wy not seize the seasonal opportunities and exploit them?

I once tried thinking for an entire day, but I found it less valuable than one moment of study.

Human nature is such that people are born with a love of profit If they follow these inclinations, they will struggle and snatch from each other, and inclinations to defer or yield will die.

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

Whether the gentleman is capable or not, he is loved all the same; conversely the petty man is loathed all the same.