The Gentleman Is Calm And At Ease.

The Wise Men Of Antiquity, When They Wished To Make The Whole World Peaceful And Happy, First Put Their Own States Into Proper Order. Before Putting Their States Into Proper Order, They Regulated Their Own Families. Before Regulating Their Families, They Regulated Themselves. Before Regulating Themselves, They Tried To Be Sincere In Their Thoughts. Before Being Sincere In Their Thoughts, They Tried To See Things Exactly As They Really Were.

Plan Ahead Or Find Trouble On The Doorstep.

On Matters Beyond His Ken A Gentleman Speaks With Caution. If Names Are Not Right, Words Are Misused. When Words Are Misused, Affairs Go Wrong. When Affairs Go Wrong, Courtesy And Music Droop, Law And Justice Fail. And When Law And Justice Fail Them, A People Can Move Neither Hand Nor Foot. So A Gentleman Must Be Ready To Put Names In Speech, To Put Words Into Deeds. A Gentleman Is Nowise Careless Of Words.

When You Are Ignorant About Something, To Know That You Are Ignorant About It - That Is Knowledge.

All Wisdom Is Rooted In Learning To Call Things By The Right Name. When Things Are Properly Identified, They Fall Into Natural Categories And Understanding Becomes Orderly.