Exemplary Persons Are Steadfast In The Face

Although Your Father And Mother Are Dead, If You Propose To Yourself Any Good Work, Only Reflect How It Will Make Their Names Illustrious, And Your Purpose Will Be Fixed.

In Vain I Have Looked For A Single Man Capable Of Seeing His Own Faults And Bringing The Charge Home Against Himself.

The Superior Person Gathers His Weapons Together In Order To Provide Against The Unforeseen.

When A Man Comes To Me, I Accept Him At His Best, Not At His Worst. Why Make So Much Ado? When A Man Washes His Hands Before Paying A Visit, And You Receive Him In That Clean State, You Do Not Thereby Stand Surety For His Always Having Been Clean In The Past.

Lead The People With Administrative Injunctions And Put Them In Their Place With Penal Law, And They Will Avoid Punishments But Will Be Without A Sense Of Shame. Lead Them With Excellence And Put Them In Their Place Through Roles And Ritual Practices, And In Addition To Developing A Sense Of Shame, They Will Order Themselves Harmoniously