Rotten Wood Cannot Be Carved.

A Gentleman Considers Justice To Be Essential In Everything. He Practices It According To The Principles Of Propriety. He Brings It Forth In Modesty And Faithfully Completes It. This Is Indeed A Gentleman.

If One Should Desire To Know Whether A Kingdom Is Well Governed, If Its Morals Are Good Or Bad, The Quality Of Its Music Will Furnish The Answer.

From The Loving Example Of One Family A Whole State May Become Loving, And From Its Courtesies, Courteous; While From The Ambition And Perverseness Of The One Man The Whole State May Be Thrown Into Rebellious Disorder. Such Is The Nature Of Influence.

Place Where Man Laughs, Sings, Picks Flowers, Chases Butterflies And Pets Birds, Makes Love With Maidens, And Plays With Children. Here He Spontaneously Reveals His Nature, The Base As Well As The Noble. Here Also He Buries His Sorrows And Difficulties And Cherishes His Ideals And Hopes. It Is In The Garden That Men Discover Themselves. Indeed One Discovers Not Only His Real Self But Also His Ideal Self?he Returns To His Youth. Inevitably The Garden Is Made The Scene Of Man's Merriment, Escapades, Romantic Abandonment, Spiritual Awakening Or The Perfection Of His Finer Self.

Study As If You Have Not Reached Your Goal - Hold It As If You Were Afraid Of Losing What You Have.