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

Music is a fantastic peacekeeper of the world, it is integral to harmony, and it is a required fundamental of human emotion.

Since the nature of people is bad, to become corrected they must be taught by teachers and to be orderly they must acquire ritual and moral principles.

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

Human nature is what Heaven supplies.

When you concentrate on agriculture and industry and are frugal in expenditures, Heaven cannot impoverish your state.