1. If you don’t learn etiquette, you can’t stand up. ——Confucius

2. It is not a matter of disrespect for position, but a lack of respect for virtue; it is not a matter of shame that one does not have a good partner, but it is a matter of not being knowledgeable. ——Zhang Heng

3. If you are not sincere, you will be tired, but if you are honest, you will not be tired. ——Yang Shi

4. The appearance of thin willows will fall in autumn; the quality of pines and cypresses will remain lush after frost. ——-Gu Zhenguan

5. To govern the people in peace, don’t be good at etiquette. ——The Classic of Filial Piety

6. Those who love others will always be loved by others; those who respect others will always be respected by others. ——Meng Ke

7. Only the virtuous and the virtuous can obey others. ——Liu Bei

8. Knowing shame is almost courageous. ——Confucius

9. There is no greater humiliation than shamelessness.

——Wang Tong