"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?"

"【第四章】【一節】司馬牛問君子。子曰"

"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?"

"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！"

"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?"

"去食、自古皆有死、民無信不立。"

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

"【十五章】子曰、博學於文、約之以禮、亦可以弗畔矣夫。"

"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."

"好知不好學，其蔽也蕩"

"唯女子與小人爲難養也！近之則不孫，遠之則怨。"

"年四十而見惡焉，其終也已。"

"君子安而不忘危，存而不忘亡，治而不忘亂。是以身安而國家可保也。"

"以直報怨，以德報德。"

"A man living without conflicts, as if he never lives at all."

"A scholar who loves comfort is not worthy of the name."

"The man of virtue makes the difficulty to be overcome his first business, and success only a subsequent consideration."

"When you have faults, do not fear to abandon them."

"Guide the people by law, subdue them by punishment; they may shun crime, but will be void of shame. Guide them by example, subdue them by courtesy; they will learn shame, and come to be good."

"Only after Winter comes do we know that the pine and the cypress are the last to fade."

"It is soft, smooth and shining—like intelligence. Its edges seem sharp but do not cut—like justice. It hangs down to the ground—like humility. When struck, it gives a clear, ringing sound—like music. The strains in it are not hidden and add to its beauty—like truthfulness.' What imagination!"

"The superior man loves his soul; the inferior man loves his property."

"昔者天子有爭臣七人，雖無道，不失其天下； [...] 父有爭子，則身不陷於不義。故當不義，則子不可以不爭於父，臣不可以不爭於君；故當不義，則爭之。從父之令，又焉得爲孝乎！"

"What Heaven has conferred is called The Nature; an accordance with this nature is called The Path of duty; the regulation of this path is called Instruction. The path may not be left for an instant. If it could be left, it would not be the path. On this account, the superior man does not wait till he sees things, to be cautious, nor till he hears things, to be apprehensive."