"By extensively studying all learning, and keeping himself under the restraint of the rules of propriety, one may thus likewise not err from what is right."

"【十五章】子曰、博學於文、約之以禮、亦可以弗畔矣夫。"

"If the people have no faith in their rulers, there is no standing for the state."

"去食、自古皆有死、民無信不立。"

"Let the superior man never fail reverentially to order his own conduct, and let him be respectful to others and observant of propriety:—then all within the four seas, all men are brothers. What has the superior man to do with being distressed because he has no brothers?"

"君子敬而無失，與人恭而有禮，四海之內，皆兄弟也，君子何患乎無兄弟也！"

"The superior man has neither anxiety nor fear. When internal examination discovers nothing wrong, what is there to be anxious about, what is there to fear?"

"【第四章】【一節】司馬牛問君子。子曰"

"The man of perfect virtue is cautious and slow in his speech. When a man feels the difficulty of doing, can he be other than cautious and slow in speaking?"

"【第三章】【一節】司馬牛問仁。"

"A man's character is formed by the Odes, developed by the Rites and perfected by music."

"邦有道貧且賤焉恥也，邦無道富且貴焉恥也。"

"默而識之，學而不厭，誨人不倦，何有於我哉？"

"德之不修，學之不講，聞義不能徒，不善不能改，是吾憂也。"

"君子坦蕩蕩，小人長戚戚。"

"三人行，必有我師焉：擇其善者而從之，其不善者而改之。"

"不憤不啟；不悱不發。擧一隅，不以三隅反，則不復也。"

"Cornered vessel without corners, strange cornered vessel, strange cornered vessel."

"To rank the effort above the prize may be called love."

"仁者先難而後獲，可謂仁矣。"

"君子博學於文、約之以禮、亦可以弗畔矣夫。"

"務民之義、敬鬼神而遠之。可謂知矣。"

"知者樂水，仁者樂山。知者動，仁者静。知者樂，仁者寿。"

"中人以上、可以語上也、中人以下、不可以語上也。"

"知之者不如好之者，好之者不如樂之者。"

"季文子三思而後行。子聞之曰、再、斯可矣。"

"事父母幾諫，見志不從，又敬不違，勞而不怨。"

"I am not concerned that I have no place; I am concerned how I may fit myself for one. I am not concerned that I am not known; I seek to be worthy to be known."

"君子喻於義，小人喻於利。"

"君子欲訥於言而敏於行。"

"父在，觀其志；父殁，觀其行；三年无改於父之道，可謂孝矣。"

"見賢思齊焉；見不賢而內自省也。"

"里仁為美、擇不處仁、焉得知。"

"殷因於夏禮，所損益，可知也；周因於殷禮，所損益，可知也。其或繼周者，雖百世，可知也。"

"君子無所爭、必也射乎、揖譲而升下、而飲、其爭也君子。"

"人而不仁、如禮何。人而不仁、如樂何。"

"非其鬼而祭之，諂也。見義不為，無勇也。"

"多聞闕疑，慎言其餘，則寡尤。多見闕殆，慎行其餘，則寡悔。言寡無，行寡悔，祿在其中矣。"

"視其所以，觀其所由，察其所安。人焉叟哉？人焉叟哉？"

"由，誨女知之乎，知之為知之，不知為不知，是知也。"

"攻乎異端，斯害也己。"