If a man takes no thought about what is distant, he will find sorrow near at hand.

The determined scholar and the man of virtue will not seek to live at the expense of injuring their virtue. They will even sacrifice their lives to preserve their virtue complete.

Recompense injury with justice, and recompense kindness with kindness.

He who speaks without modesty will find it difficult to make his words good.

The man who in view of gain thinks of righteousness; who in the view of danger is prepared to give up his life; and who does not forget an old agreement however far back it extends - such a man may be reckoned a complete man.

The scholar who cherishes the love of comfort is not fit to be deemed a scholar.

To go beyond is as wrong as to fall short.

The firm, the enduring, the simple, and the modest are near to virtue.

While you are not able to serve men, how can you serve spirits [of the dead]?While you do not know life, how can you know about death?

The people may be made to follow a path of action, but they may not be made to understand it.