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

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

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

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

“It is easy to hate and it is difficult to love. This is how the whole scheme of things works. All good things are difficult to achieve; and bad things are very easy to get.”

“He who flatters a man is his enemy. he who tells him of his faults is his maker.”

“People with virtue must speak out; People who speak are not all virtuous.”