"The Master said, 'The student of virtue has no anxieties; the man of wisdom has no perplexities; the man of courage has no fears.'"

"I transmit but do not innovate; I am truthful in what I say and devoted to antiquity."

"Is it not a pleasure, having learned something, to try it out at due intervals?"

"To know what you know and what you do not know, that is true knowledge."

"The Master said, 'If a man is able to govern his country with the rules of propriety, what difficulty will he have? If he cannot govern his country with the rules of propriety, what has he to do with …"