"The faults of a man are characteristic of his class. It is by observing a man's faults that one may know his virtue."

"Hold faithfulness and sincerity as first principles. Then no friends will be unlike yourself."

"The Master said, 'A man may be able to recite the three hundred odes, but if, when entrusted with a governmental charge, he knows not how to act, or if, when sent to any quarter on a mission, he canno…"

"What you do not want done to yourself, do not do to others."

"The Master said, 'When I walk along with two others, they may serve me as my teachers. I will select their good qualities and follow them, their bad qualities and avoid them.'"