Act With Kindness But Do

Between Friends, Frequent Reproofs Make The Friendship Distant.

Is Any One Able For One Day To Apply His Strength To Virtue? I Have Not Seen The Case In Which His Strength Would Be Sufficient.

The Master Said, "wealth And Honor Are Things That All People Desire, And Yet Unless They Are Acquired In The Proper Way I Will Not Abide Them. Poverty And Disgrace Are Things That All People Hate, And Yet Unless They Are Avoided In The Proper Way I Will Not Despise Them. If The Gentleman Abandons Ren, How Can He Be Worthy Of That Name? The Gentleman Does Not Violate Ren Even For The Amount Of Time Required To Eat A Meal. Even In Times Of Urgency Or Distress, He Does Not Depart From It."

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

What The Wise Seek Is In Themselves