Born in sorrow, died in happiness. (Mencius Gao Zixia)
If you get this word, you will get more help, but if you lose it, you will get less help. (Mencius, Gongsun Chou)
The people are the most important, the country is the second, and the monarch is the light. (for Mencius)
People can do it without doing it, and they can do it after doing it. (Mencius Li Lou)
Opportunities vouchsafed by Heaven are outmatched by terrestrial advantages, which in turn are outmatched by the harmony among people. (Mencius, Gongsun Chou)
Wealth can't be lewd, poverty can't be moved, and power can't be bent. (Mencius Teng Wengong)