"Silence is a true friend who never betrays."

"He who learns but does not think, is lost! He who thinks but does not learn is in great danger."

"Heaven means to be one with God."

"Wisdom, compassion, and courage are the three universally recognized moral qualities of men."

"I want you to be everything that's you, deep at the center of your being."

"Never give a sword to a man who can't dance."

"Old age, believe me, is a good and pleasant thing. It is true you are gently shouldered off the stage, but then you are given such a comfortable front stall as spectator."

"When anger rises, think of the consequences."

"Look at the means which a man employs, consider his motives, observe his pleasures. A man simply cannot conceal himself!"

"Ability will never catch up with the demand for it."

"The book salesman should be honored because he brings to our attention, as a rule, the very books we need most and neglect most."

"I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand."

"The expectations of life depend upon diligence; the mechanic that would perfect his work must first sharpen his tools."

"Virtue is not left to stand alone. He who practices it will have neighbors."

"If we don't know life, how can we know death?"

"An oppressive government is more to be feared than a tiger."

"The faults of a superior person are like the sun and moon. They have their faults, and everyone sees them; they change and everyone looks up to them."

"There are three methods to gaining wisdom. The first is reflection, which is the highest. The second is limitation, which is the easiest. The third is experience, which is the bitterest."

"If you look into your own heart, and you find nothing wrong there, what is there to worry about? What is there to fear?"

"The superior man acts before he speaks, and afterwards speaks according to his action."

"To be wronged is nothing unless you continue to remember it."

"Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall."

"I will not be concerned at other men's not knowing me;I will be concerned at my own want of ability."

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

"If you think in terms of a year, plant a seed; if in terms of ten years, plant trees; if in terms of 100 years, teach the people."

"Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life."

"He who speaks without modesty will find it difficult to make his words good."

"Study the past, if you would divine the future."

"Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated."

"When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don't adjust the goals, adjust the action steps."

"Instead of being concerned that you have no office, be concerned to think how you may fit yourself for office. Instead of being concerned that you are not known, see to the (be?) worthy of being known."

"When you know a thing, to hold that you know it, and when you do not know a thing, to allow that you do not know it - this is knowledge."

"To see and listen to the wicked is already the beginning of wickedness."

"By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest."

"Speak the truth, do not yield to anger; give, if thou art asked for little; by these three steps thou wilt go near the gods."

"They must often change, who would be constant in happiness or wisdom."

"Virtuous people often revenge themselves for the constraints to which they submit by the boredom which they inspire."

"The superior man is distressed by the limitations of his ability; he is not distressed by the fact that men do not recognize the ability that he has."

"The firm, the enduring, the simple, and the modest are near to virtue."

"You cannot open a book without learning something."

"Never contract friendship with a man that is not better than thyself."

"To see the right and not to do it is cowardice."

"The superior man understands what is right; the inferior man understands what will sell."

"Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance."

"Wherever you go, go with all your heart."

"When you are laboring for others let it be with the same zeal as if it were for yourself."

"Without feelings of respect, what is there to distinguish men from beasts?"

"The superior man thinks always of virtue; the common man thinks of comfort."

"In a country well governed, poverty is something to be ashamed of. In a country badly governed, wealth is something to be ashamed of."

"The strength of a nation derives from the integrity of the home."