"A man without constancy cannot be a diviner or a physician."

"The Master said, 'A man may be able to recite the three hundred odes, but if, when entrusted with a governmental charge, he knows not how to act, or if, when sent to any quarter on a mission, he canno…"

"What the gentleman wants is in himself, what the small man wants is in others."

"When you know a thing, to hold that you know it; and when you do not know a thing, to allow that you do not know it—this is knowledge."

"When you see a good man, try to emulate his example, and when you see a bad man, search yourself for his faults."