"I transmit, but don't innovate. I am faithful to and love the ancients."

"The Master said, 'A youth is to be regarded with respect. How do we know that his future will not be equal to our present? If he reach the age of forty or fifty, and has made no name for himself, then…"

"The noble-minded are calm and steady. Little people are forever fussing and fretting."

"The scholar who cherishes the love of comfort is not fit to be deemed a scholar."

"The gentleman is not concerned that he is not acknowledged, but rather that he should do something worthy of being acknowledged."