Look Not At What Is Contrary To

When There Are Duties To Perform [true] Servants And Sons Serve Their Labors.

At Fifteen, My Mind Was Bent On Learning. At Thirty, I Stood Firm. At Forty, I Had No Doubts. At Fifty, I Knew The Decrees Of Heaven. At Sixty, My Ear Was Receptive To Truth. At Seventy, I Could Follow My Heart's Desires Without Sin.

If A Man Takes No Thought About What Is Distant, He Will Find Sorrow Near At Hand.

Base Yourself In Loyalty And Trust. Don't Be Companion With Those Who Are Not Your Moral Equal. When You Make A Mistake, Don't Hesitate To Correct It.

In The Book Of Poetry There Are Three Hundred Poems, But The Meaning Of All Of Them May Be Put In A Single Sentence: Have No Debasing Thoughts.