I once tried standing up on my toes to see far out in the distance, but I found that I could see much farther by climbing to a high place.

The rigid cause themselves to be broken; the pliable cause themselves to be bound.

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

In antiquity the sage kings recognized that men's nature is bad and that their tendencies were not being corrected and their lawlessness controlled.

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

Pride and excess bring disaster for man.

If the quickness of the mind and the fluency of the tongue are too punctilious and sharp, moderate them in your activity and rest.