Respect yourself and others will respect you.

The superior man, when resting in safety, does not forget that danger may come. When in a state of security, he does not forget the possibility of ruin. When all is orderly, he does not forget that disorder may come. Thus his person is not endangered, and his States and all their clans are preserved.

To see what is right, and not to do it, is want of courage or of principle.

Be not ashamed of mistakes and thus make them crimes.

Forget injuries, never forget kindnesses.

A youth is to be regarded with respect. How do you know that his future will not be equal to our present?

While the gentleman cherishes benign rule, the small man cherishes his native land. While the gentleman cherishes a respect for the law, the small man cherishes generous treatment.

In his errors a man is true to type. Observe the errors and you will know the man.

It is only the benevolent man who is capable of liking or disliking other men.

If a man remembers what is right at the sign of profit, is ready to lay down his life in the face of danger, and does not forget sentiments he has repeated all his life when he has been in straitened circumstances for a long time, he may be said to be a complete man.