1.

"The superior man is exacting of himself; the common man is exacting of

others.
2. "And I should like," said Yen Yuen, "to live without boasting of my abilities,
and without display of meritorious deeds."
3. "Is not Reciprocity such a word?—what you do not yourself desire, do not
put before others."
4. "They who care not for the morrow will the sooner have their sorrow.
5. "Parents ought to bear but one trouble—that of their own sickness."
6. "When you have erred, be not afraid to correct yourself."
7. "Shall I give you a lesson about knowledge? When you know a thing,
maintain that you know it; and when you do not, acknowledge your
ignorance. This is characteristic of knowledge."

8. "If I do not myself take part in my offerings, it is all the same as if I did not
offer them.
9. "Nay, better say, He who has sinned against Heaven has none other to
whom prayer may be addressed."
10. "In serving your prince, make your service the serious concern, and
let salary be a secondary matter.
11. "Where instruction is to be given, there must be no distinction of
persons.
12. "The student who daily recognizes how much he yet lacks, and as
the months pass forgets not what he has succeeded in learning, may
undoubtedly be called a lover of learning.
13. "It is no light thing," said he, "to endure poverty uncomplainingly;
and a difficult thing to bear wealth without becoming arrogant."
14. “The man who moves a mountain begins by carrying away small
stones.”
15. “Everything has beauty but not everyone can see it”