“It is more shameful to distrust our friends than to be deceived by them.”

“It is more shameful to distrust one's friends than to be deceived by them”

“Lead the people with administrative injunctions and put them in their place with penal law, and they will avoid punishments but will be without a sense of shame. Lead them with excellence and put them in their place through roles and ritual practices, and in addition to developing a sense of shame, they will order themselves harmoniously”

“If either wealth or poverty are come by honesty, there is no shame.”

“Imagination is more important than knowledge.”

“We should keep the dead before our eyes, and honor them as though still living”

“Have no friends not equal to yourself.”