There Are Three Degrees Of Filial Piety.

Some May Study Side By Side, And Yet Be Asunder When They Come To The Logic Of Things.

Happiness Does Not Consist In Having What You Want, But In Wanting What You Have

By Three Methods We May Learn Wisdom: First, By Reflection, Which Is Noblest; Second, By Imitation, Which Is Easiest; And Third By Experience, Which Is The Bitterest.

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.

There Are Three Degrees Of Filial Piety. The Highest Is Being A Credit To Our Parents, The Second Is Not Disgracing Them; The Lowest Is Being Able Simply To Support Them.