15. The Master said, To serve dukes and ministers abroad and father and brothers at home; in matters of mourning not to dare to be slack; and to be no thrall to wine: to which of these have I won? 16. As he stood by a stream, the Master said, Hasting away like this, day and night, without stop! 17. The Master said, I have seen no one that loves mind as he loves looks. 18. The Master said, In making a mound, if I stop when one more basket would finish it, I stop. When flattening ground, if, after overturning one basket, I go on, I go ahead. 19. The Master said, Never listless when spoken to, such was Hui.[86] 20. Speaking of Yen Yuean, the Master said, The pity of it! I saw him go on, but I never saw him stop! 21. The Master said, Some sprouts do not blossom, some blossoms bear no fruit! 22. The Master said, Awe is due to youth. May not to-morrow be bright as to-day? To men of forty or fifty, who are still unknown, no awe is due. 23. The Master said, Who would not give ear to a downright word? But to mend is better. Who would not be pleased by a guiding word? But to think it out is better. With such as are pleased but do not think out, or who listen but do not mend, I can do nothing. 24. The Master said, Put faithfulness and truth first; have no friends unlike thyself; be not ashamed to mend thy faults. 25. The Master said, Three armies may be robbed of their leader, no wretch can be robbed of his will. 26. The Master said, Yu[87] is the man to stand, clad in a worn-out quilted gown, unashamed, amid robes of fox and badger! Without hatred or greed, What but good does he do? But when Tzu-lu was everlastingly humming these words, the Master said, This is the way towards it, but how much short of goodness itself! [Footnote 86: Yen Yuean.] [Footnote 87: Tzu-lu.] 27. The Master said, Erst the cold days show how fir and cypress are last to fade. 28. The Master said, Wisdom has no doubts; love does not fret; the bold have no fears. 29. The Master said, With some we can learn together, but we cannot go their way; we can go the same way with others, though our standpoint is not the same; and with some, though our standpoint is the same our weights and scales are not. 30. The blossoms of the plum tree Are dancing in play; My thoughts are with thee, In thy home far away. The Master said, Her thoughts were not with him, or how could he be far away? BOOK X 1. Among his own country folk Confucius wore a homely look, like one that has no word to say. In the ancestral temple and at court his speech was full, but cautious. 2. At court he talked frankly to men of low rank, winningly to men of high rank. When the king was there, he looked intent and solemn.