If you use the proper norms to cultivate your character, what could be more secure? If you use the proper norms to serve your lord, what could be more successful?

The gentleman knows what is incomplete and what is pure, what is inadequate and what is sufficient. He knows to use the past to assess the present.

Learning must never cease. The blue dye comes from the indigo plant, but is bluer than the plant. Ice comes from water, but is colder than water.

The gentleman says: Learning must never cease. If you do not climb high mountains, you will not know the height of heaven.