Knowing What's Correct And Not

Earnest In Practicing The Ordinary Virtues, And Careful In Speaking About Them, If, In His Practice, He Has Anything Defective, The Superior Man Dares Not But Exert Himself; And If, In His Words, He Has Any Excess, He Dares Not Allow Himself Such License.

Sincerity Is The Way Of Heaven.

Just As Lavishness Leads Easily To Presumption, So Does Frugality To Meanness. But Meanness Is A Far Less Serious Fault Than Presumption.

A Gentleman Considers Justice To Be Essential In Everything. He Practices It According To The Principles Of Propriety. He Brings It Forth In Modesty And Faithfully Completes It. This Is Indeed A Gentleman.

The Small Man Thinks That Small Acts Of Goodness Are Of No Benefit, And Does Not Do Them; And That Small Deeds Of Evil Do No Harm, And Does Not Refrain From Them. Hence, His Wickedness Becomes So Great That It Cannot Be Concealed, And His Guilt So Great That It Cannot Be Pardoned.