Exemplary Persons Are Steadfast In

One Who Is By Nature Daring And Is Suffering From Poverty Will Not Long Be Law-abiding. Indeed, Any Men, Save Those That Are Truly Good, If Their Sufferings Are Very Great, Will Be Likely To Rebel.

The Master Was Entirely Free From Four Things: Prejudice, Foregone Conclusions, Obstinacy, And Egoism.

There Are Some With Whom We May Study In Common, But We Shall Find Them Unable To Go Along With Us To Principles. Perhaps We May Go On With Them To Principles, But We Shall Find Them Unable To Get Established In Those Along With Us. Or If We May Get So Established Along With Them, We Shall Find Them Unable To Weigh Occurring Events Along With Us.

The Administration Of Government Lies In Getting Proper Men. Such Men Are To Be Got By Means Of The Ruler's Own Character. That Character Is To Be Cultivated By His Treading In The Ways Of Duty. And The Treading Those Ways Of Duty Is To Be Cultivated By The Cherishing Of Benevolence.

The Man Who Is Master Of Himself Drinks Gravely And Wisely.