"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 superior man thinks of virtue; the small man thinks of comfort. The superior man thinks of the sanctions of law; the small man thinks of favors which he may receive."

"He who speaks without modesty will find it difficult to make his words good."

"What the superior man seeks is in himself; what the small man seeks is in others."

"Reviewing the old as a means of understanding the new — such a person can be a teacher."