Don't laugh at the scumbags because they will become your enemies.
Do not despise the poor.
You have to listen, but not eavesdrop.
Learn to nobly bear the vicissitudes of fate.
Do not console yourself or argue with the wife in front of the world: the first is a sign of stupidity, the second of madness.
Do not do anything by force.
Noble people live in harmony with other people but do not behave according to them, worthless people behave according to others but do not live in harmony with them.
The noble man thinks of the Way and not of food. When people take their animals to graze, they do so for fear of hunger. When I go to school I do it because I want to learn to write a complaint. The noble man is concerned with the Way, and not with wealth.
The noble man is like a bell: if you don't ring it, it doesn't ring (This is interpreted as a refusal to open your mouth, until your superior asks you directly about something.)
Be hard on yourself and gentle on others. Thus, you avoid people's dislike.
In ancient times, people learned to self-improve. Today one learns to impress others.
To have the self-control to respect others as themselves, and to treat them as you would have them treat you—that is the art of humanity.
In the land where order reigns, be brave both in what you do and in what you speak. In the land where order does not reign, be brave in what you do, but be careful what you say.
The greatest glory belongs not to those who never make mistakes, but to those who know how to get up every time they fall.
The fool complains that the world does not know him, and the wise, on the contrary, complains that he does not know people.
For humans, humanity is more important than water and fire. I saw how people who fell into the water and into the fire died. But I have not seen that people who live according to the laws of mankind have died.
Virtue does not stand alone. Neighbors will surely be found for him.
It is enough for the words to express a meaning.
The worthy man does not follow other people's footsteps
The only real mistake: not correcting your mistakes.
If man is not endowed with humanity, what can we talk about ethics and music?
Knowing what to do and not doing it is the worst form of cowardice.
Anyone can become noble. He just has to want to become.
Just as there cannot be two suns in the sky, so the people cannot have two leaders.
When wealth is concentrated in one hand, the people are scattered. When the wealth is shared, the people gather.
When you see a good man, strive to surpass him; when you see a bad one, search his heart.
Better to burn a small candle than curse the darkness.
Beware of doing what, sooner or later, you will regret.
Paying evil with good is absurd. What then do you pay for the good?
True goodness comes from the human heart. All people are born good.