The Person Of Benevolence Never Worries.

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 One Cultivates To The Utmost The Principles Of His Nature, And Exercises Them On The Principle Of Reciprocity, He Is Not Far From The Path.

If A Man Keeps Cherishing His Old Knowledge So As Continually To Be Acquiring New, He May Be A Teacher Of Others.

By The Ruler's Cultivation Of His Own Character There Is Set Up The Example Of The Course Which All Should Pursue.

Everyone Eats And Drinks; Yet Only Few Appreciate The Taste Of Food.