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

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

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

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

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

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

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