“Aquellos de espíritu superior entienden la justicia. Los ordinarios, el beneficio.”

“The superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions.”

“Impacientados por el presente, enemigos del pasado y privados del porvenir, éramos semejantes a aquellos que la justicia o el odio de los hombres tienen entre rejas”

“What the superior man seeks is in himself; what the small man seeks is in others.”

“A superior man in dealing with the world is not for anything or against anything. He follows righteousness as the standard.”

“The superior man acts before he speaks, and afterwards speaks according to his actions.”

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