It Is The Obligation Of The Ruler

An Inch Of Time On The Sundial Is Worth More Than A Foot Of Jade.

The True Gentleman Does Not Preach What He Practices Till He Has Practiced What He Preaches.

Without Goodness A Man Cannot Endure Adversity For Long, Nor Can He Enjoy Prosperity For Long. The Good Man Is Naturally At Ease With Goodness. The Wise Man Cultivates Goodness For Its Advantage.

Great As Heaven And Earth Are, Men Still Find Some Things In Them With Which To Be Dissatisfied. Thus It Is That, Were The Superior Man To Speak Of His Way In All Its Greatness, Nothing In The World Would Be Found Able To Embrace It, And Were He To Speak Of It In Its Minuteness, Nothing In The World Would Be Found Able To Split It.

At Seventy, I Could Follow The Dictates Of My Own Heart; For What I Desired No Longer Overstepped The Boundaries Of Right.