He with whom neither slander that gradually soaks into the mind, nor statements that startle like a wound in the flesh, are successful - may be called intelligent indeed.

He who speaks without modesty will find it difficult to make his words good.

I am not one who was born in the possession of knowledge; I am one who is fond of antiquity, and earnest in seeking it there.

The ancients who wished to illustrate illustrious virtue throughout the Kingdom, first ordered well their own states. Wishing to order well their states, they …