1. Looking at the virtuous countries and families in the past, success was due to diligence and frugality, and failure was due to extravagance. ——Li Shangyin

2. Coming out of the mud but not stained, washing the clear ripples without being evil. ——Zhou Dunyi

3. If you are an official and do not make decisions for the people, it is better to go home and sell sweet potatoes. ——Xu Jiujing

4. Fame should not be sought in vain, and honor should not be obtained falsely. ——"Yuan Zizheng's Political Strategy"

5. Discipline one's body through careful conduct, but not select people through meticulous conduct. ——Wei Yuan

6. Understand morality to solidify the foundation, focus on cultivation to soothe the soul, know integrity and shame to purify the heart, and get rid of greed to maintain integrity.

7. Integrity and shame are the key to establishing a person. If you are not honest, you will take everything; if you are not shameful, you will do everything. If people do this, disaster, chaos, and destruction will befall them everywhere. ——Chen Hongmou

8. Integrity makes officials dare not be arrogant, and fairness makes the people dare not deceive. Justice breeds wisdom, integrity breeds authority, honesty breeds trustworthiness, and diligence is effective. ——Li Xing

9. Power is like a river, whether it is clear or turbid depends on the official’s morality. ——"Modern Guo Honghe Works"

10. Those who do many unjust things must forgive themselves. ——"Zuo Zhuan"

11. The ancients said: "The great law is the small incorruptibility." If a minister can be incorruptible, he only gets half of it. If you are not honest, you cannot enforce the law, and if you are illegal, you cannot support integrity. ——Chen Hongmou

12. Gong begets enlightenment, and integrity begets prestige.

13. The old man is brave and ambitious. In his old age, the martyr is full of ambition. A gentleman's journey is to cultivate one's character through tranquility, and to cultivate one's virtue through thrift. If it is not indifferent, it will not clear its aspirations, and if it is not tranquil, it will not be far-reaching. ——Zhuge Liang

14. If you are strict with the corruption of subordinates without asking the superiors, the law will become stricter, the greed will become more severe, the government will become more chaotic, the people will die, and the country will perish. ——Wang Fuzhi

15. If you rectify yourself, you can rectify things; if you govern yourself, you can govern others. ——Yue Fei

16. The integrity of ministers is the fashion of the world. ——Shi Kefa

17. Only by being honest can you gather people, by being disciplined can you convince people, by being upright can you lead people, and only by being selfless can you move people.

18. Regret for shameful behavior is life-saving. ——Democritus

19. Corruption and bribery, if this disadvantage is not eliminated, the trouble will deepen.

——Bao Zheng