"If a man withdraws his mind from..." - Quote by Confucius

“If either wealth or poverty are come by honesty, there is no shame.”

“In a district of ten families, there must be someone as honorable and sincere as I, but none as fond of learning.”

“Act with kindness but do not expect gratitude.”

“Wealth brings with it its own checks and balances. The basis of political economy is noninterference. The only safe rule is found in the self-adjusting meter of demand and supply. Open the doors of opportunity to talent and virtue and they will do themselves justice, and property will not be in bad hands. In a free and just commonwealth, property rushes from the idle and imbecile to the industrious, brave and persevering.”

“I have three precious things which I hold fast and prize. The first is gentleness; the second frugality; the third is humility, which keeps me from putting myself before others. Be gentle and you can be bold; be frugal and you can be liberal; avoid putting yourself before others and you can become a leader among men.”

“A knight whose heart is set upon the Way, but who is ashamed of wearing shabby clothes and eating coarse food, is not worth calling into counsel.”

“Your character must be above suspicion and you must be truthful and self-controlled.”

“Great men should not have great faults.”

“A Frenchman may possibly be clean; an Englishman is conscientiously clean.”