Friendship with a man is friendship with his virtue.

- Mencius

Friends are the siblings God never gave us.

- Mencius

The great man is he who does not lose his child's-heart.

- Mencius

The root of the kingdom is in the state. The root of the state is in the family. The root of the family is in the person of its head.

- Mencius

Friends are the siblings God never gave us.

- Mencius

Friendship is one mind in two bodies.

- Mencius

Kindly words do not enter so deeply into men as a reputation for kindness.

- Mencius

Secure property in hand leads to peace in mind.

- Mencius