"The people are the foundation of the state; the grain is the staff of life; the ruler is the shepherd of the people."

"The disease of men is this: that they neglect their own field, and go to cultivate the fields of others."

"The superior man is anxious lest he should not get the truth; he is not anxious lest poverty should come."

"The superior man does not complain of Heaven, nor grumble against men."

"There are three things which are universally acknowledged to be honorable: nobility, age, and virtue."