Much learning does not teach understanding.
Nature is wont to hide herself.
Nothing endures but change.
All is flux, nothing stays still.
Without an acquaintance with the rules of propriety, it is impossible for the character to be established.
There are three things which the superior man guards against. In youth…lust. When he is strong…quarrelsomeness. When he is old…covetousness.
To be able to practice five things everywhere under heaven constitutes perfect virtue…[They are] gravity, generosity of soul, sincerity, earnestness, and kindness.
By nature, men are nearly alike; by practice, they get to be wide apart.