Confucius

Behave when away from home as though you were in the presence of an honored guest. Employ the people as though you were assisting at an important sacrifice. Do not do to others what you would not like yourself. Then there will be no feelings of opposition to you, whether it is the affairs of a state that you are handling or the affairs of a family.

He who is really good can never be unhappy. He who is really wise can never be perplexed. He who is really brave is never afraid.

Without goodness a man cannot endure adversity for long, nor can he enjoy prosperity for long. The good man is naturally at ease with goodness. The wise man cultivates goodness for its advantage.

An oppressive government is more to be feared than a tiger.

In the morning, hear the Way; in the evening, die content!

There are three marks of a superior man: being virtuous, he is free from anxiety; being wise, he is free from perplexity; being brave, he is free from fear.

To go beyond is as wrong as to fall short.

The real fault is to have faults and not try to mend them.

Who expects to be able to go out of a house except by the door? How is it then that no one follows this Way of ours?

If a man take no thought about what is distant, he will find sorrow near at hand.