This is called the perfecting of knowledge. This is called self-enjoyment. Therefore, the superior man must be watchful over himself when he is alone. There is no evil to which the mean man, dwelling retired, will not proceed, but when he sees a superior man, he instantly tries to disguise himself, concealing his evil, and displaying what is good. Therefore, the superior man must be watchful over himself when he is alone.
Riches adorn a house, and virtue adorns the person.
The mind is expanded, and the body is at ease. Therefore, the superior man must make his thoughts sincere. He will be the same, if he is under the influence of terror, or under the influence of fond regard, or under that of sorrow and distress. This is what is meant by saying that the cultivation of the person depends on the rectifying of the mind. Thus it is that there are few men in the world who love and at the same time know the bad qualities of the object of their love, or who hate and yet know the excellences of the object of their hatred.