An honest person is always happy without seeking anything, and a greedy person is always worried about not having enough. (Song Dynasty Sima Guang's "Supplementary Biography of Wen Zhongzi")

Integrity, no greed, no reliance. (Liu Zongyuan of the Tang Dynasty, "The Ancient Epitaph of Duan Hong, the First Scholar")

Only an honest person can treat himself and love others, while a greedy person will make others thin in order to fatten himself. ("History of the Ming Dynasty·Biography of Xunli")

It is better to come and go clean than to be filthy and fall into ditches. ("A Dream of Red Mansions" by Cao Xueqin of the Qing Dynasty)

It can be said to be honest that one does not change one's meaning in the face of great fortune. ("Lu's Spring and Autumn Annals: Loyalty and Integrity")

There is nothing better than being honest when you are in office, and nothing is more honest when you are in office. ("Collected Sayings of Confucius·Qidiaoshi")

Corruption and waste are great crimes. (Mao Zedong)

Dignity is not enough to change his position, and profit-seeking is not enough to change his heart. ("Warring States Policy·Zhao Ce II")

If you are content, you will be happy, but if you are greedy, you will be worried. (Song Dynasty Lin Bu's "Records of Saving Heart")

The breeze blows with both sleeves toward the sky, so that Lu Yan's words will not be short and long. (Yu Qian of the Ming Dynasty, "Enter the Capital")

An honest person is a model of the people; a greedy person is a thief of the people. (Bao Zheng of the Song Dynasty, "Begging for Officials Without Stolen Things")

A wise man does not do what is wrong, and an honest man does not ask for what he has.

(Han Ying's "Han Shi Wai Zhuan" in the Western Han Dynasty)

Is there anyone who can observe the body and accept the texture of objects? (Warring States Period·Qu Yuan's "The Fisherman")