“A man without a mustache is a man without a soul.”

“The superior man has a dignified ease without pride. The mean man has pride without a dignified ease.”

“The gem cannot be polished without friction, nor man perfected without trials.”

“A man without persistence will never make a good shaman or a good physician.”

“Learning without thought is labour lost; thought without learning is perilous.”

“To be poor without murmuring is difficult. To be rich without being proud is easy.”

“The man of wisdom is never of two minds;the man of benevolence never worries;the man of courage is never afraid.”