"Women and people of low birth are very hard to deal with. If you are friendly with them, they get out of hand, and if you keep your distance, they resent it."

"The Master said, 'If the will be set on virtue, there will be no practice of wickedness.'"

"The superior man is distressed by his lack of ability, not by the failure of others to recognize him."

"The Master said, 'The superior man is not an implement.'"

"You cannot open a book without learning something."