To Govern Is To Correct.

A Man Of Humanity Is One Who, In Seeking To Establish Himself, Finds A Foothold For Others And Who, In Desiring Attaining Himself, Helps Others To Attain.

There Are 3 Elements Essential In The Matters Of The State, Food, Military Equipment, And Confidence Of The People In The Ruler. Of These 3, Military Equipment Is The Least Important, Food Being The 2nd Important, And Confidence Of The People Being The Most Important. All Men Rather Die Of Starvation Than In War, But Nevertheless All Men Do Die Of Old Age. Lacking In Confidence From The People, A State Cannot Survive.

I Have Not Seen A Person Who Loved Virtue, Or One Who Hated What Was Not Virtuous. He Who Loved Virtue Would Esteem Nothing Above It.

She Who Is Born With Beauty Is Born With A Sorrow For Many A Man.

The Failure To Cultivate Virtue, The Failure To Examine And Analyze What I Have Learned, The Inability To Move Toward Righteousness After Being Shown The Way, The Inability To Correct My Faults-these Are The Causes Of My Grief.