The coming of honor or disgrace must be a reflection of one's inner power.

Those whose character is mean and vicious will rouse others to animosity against them.

Now it is human nature to want to eat to ones fill when hungry, to want to warm up when cold, to want to rest when tired. These all are a part of people's emotional nature.

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

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.

The person attempting to travel two roads at once will get nowhere.

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