"To serve one's parents is the greatest service. To serve one's prince is a secondary service. To serve one's friends is a still more secondary service."

"To nourish the heart, there is nothing better than to make the desires few."

"The trees of the Ox Mountain were once beautiful. But when they were cut down day after day, how could they retain their beauty? And if their roots were nourished by the rain and dew, and new shoots s…"

"If a man can only put forth his strength, and cultivate his nature, he will become a sage."

"There are three things that a superior man delights in. To have his parents alive and the world at peace; to have no occasion for shame before Heaven or men; to have men of talent come to him and inst…"