Before you embark on a journey of revenge, dig two graves.

By nature, men are nearly alike; by practice, they get to be wide apart.

Choose a job you like and you will never have to work a day of your life.

Don't be concerned others not appreciating you. Be concerned about your not appreciating others.

Everything has its beauty but not everyone sees it.

Fine words and an insinuating appearance are seldom associated with true virtue.

He who exercises government by means of his virtue may be compared to the north polar star, which keeps its place and all the stars turn towards it.

He with whom neither slander that gradually soaks into the mind, nor statements that startle like a wound in the flesh, are successful may be called intelligent indeed.

I am not one who was born in the possession of knowledge; I am one who is fond of antiquity, and earnest in seeking it there.

I have not seen a person who loved virtue, or one who hated what was not virtuous. He who loved virtue would esteem nothing above it.