Man Is Born With Uprightness. If One

There Are Three Things Which The Superior Man Guards Against. In Youth ... Lust. When He Is Strong ... Quarrelsomeness. When He Is Old ... Covetousness.

Not To Converse With A Man Worthy Of Conversation Is To Waste The Man. To Converse With A Man Not Worthy Of Conversation Is To Waste Words. The Wise Waste Neither Men Nor Words.

To Know What Is The Right Thing To Do And Not Do It Is The Greatest Cowardice.

The Superior Man Thinks Always Of Virtue; The Common Man Thinks Of Comfort.

Wealth And Rank Are What Men Desire, But Unless They Be Obtained In The Right Way They May Not Be Possessed. Poverty And Obscurity Are What Men Detest; But Unless Prosperity Be Brought About In The Right Way, They Are Not To Be Abandoned.