What The Great Learning Teaches, Is To

A Wise Man Has Dignity Without Pride; A Fool Has Pride Without Dignity.

How Transcendent Is The Virtue Of The Middle Conduct! Rare For A Long Time Has Been Its Practice Among The People.

As In The Case Of Making A Mound, If, Before The Very Last Basketful, I Stop, Then I Shall Have Stopped. As In The Case Of Leveling The Ground, If, Though Tipping Only One Basketful, I Am Going Forward, Then I Shall Be Making Progress.

Waste Begets Self-will; Thrift Begets Meanness: But Better Be Mean Than Self-willed.

Let A Ruler Base His Government Upon Virtuous Principles, And He Will Be Like The Pole-star, Which Remains Steadfast In Its Place, While All The Host Of Stars Turn Towards It