"To hear a hundred times is not as good as to see once."

"The gentleman does not seek to be praised by others, but to be true to himself."

"The ruler is the boat; the common people are the water. The water can support the boat, but it can also overturn it."

"The gentleman is broad-minded but not partisan; the petty man is partisan but not broad-minded."

"A good general does not fight with his troops, but with his strategy. A good king does not govern with his strength, but with his virtue."