A legendary horse is praised not for its strength, but for its Integrity.

When a man's knowledge is sufficient to attain, and his virtue is not sufficient to enable him to hold, whatever he may have gained, he will lose again.

Virtue is more to man than either water or fire. I have seen men die from treading on water and fire, but I have never seen a man die from treading the course of virtue.

Possessed of courage but devoid of morality, a superior man will make trouble while a small man will be a brigand.

Make faithfulness and truth thy masters: have no friends unlike thyself: be not ashamed to mend thy faults.

He who merely knows right principles is not equal to him who loves them.

Be faithful and true of word; let thy walk be plain and lowly: thou wilt get on, though in savage land. If thy words be not faithful and true, thy walk plain and lowly, wilt thou get on, though in thine own home? Standing, see these words ranged before thee; driving, see them written upon the yoke. Then thou wilt get on.

The determined scholar and the man of virtue will not seek to live at the expense of injuring their virtue. They will even sacrifice their lives to preserve their virtue complete.

Never do to others what you would not like them to do to you.