子曰：「学而时习之，不亦说乎？有朋自远方来，不亦乐乎？人不知而不愠，不亦君子乎？」
The Master said: "Is it not a pleasure to learn and to practice what one has lea…
有子曰：「其为人也孝弟而好犯上者，鲜矣；不好犯上而好作乱者，未之有也。君子务本，本立而道生。孝弟也者，其为仁之本与！」
Master You said: "A person who is filial to his parents and respectful to his el…
子曰：「巧言令色，鲜矣仁！」
The Master said: "Clever words and an ingratiating countenance — seldom indeed i…
曾子曰「吾日三省吾身:为人谋而不忠乎?与朋友交而不信乎?传不习乎?」
Master Zeng said: "Each day I examine myself on three points: whether, in conduc…
子曰:「道千乘之国,敬事而信，节用而爱人，使民以时。」
The Master said: "In governing a state of a thousand war-chariots, one must atte…
子曰：「弟子入则孝，出则弟，谨而信，泛爱众，而亲仁。行有余力，则以学文。」
The Master said: "Let a young man, at home, be filial toward his parents; abroad…
子夏曰：「贤贤易色，事父母能竭其力，事君能致其身，与朋友交言而有信。虽曰未学，吾必谓之学矣。」
Zixia said: "One who esteems virtue above beauty; who, in serving his parents, g…
子曰：「君子不重则不威，学则不固，主忠信。无友不如己者。过则勿惮改。」
The Master said: "A gentleman who lacks gravity will inspire no awe, and whateve…
曾子曰：「慎终追远，民德归厚矣。」
Zengzi said: "When funeral rites are performed with due grief and ancestral sacr…
子禽问于子贡曰：「夫子至于是邦也，必闻其政，求之与？抑与之与？」子贡曰：「夫子温、良、恭、俭、让以得之。夫子之求之也，其…
Ziqin asked Zigong: "Whenever our Master arrives in a state, he invariably comes…
子曰：「父在，观其志；父没，观其行；三年无改于父之道，可谓孝矣。」
The Master said: "While his father is alive, observe a man's intentions; after h…
有子曰：「礼之用，和为贵。先王之道，斯为美，小大由之。有所不行，知和而和，不以礼节之，亦不可行也。」
Master You said: "In the practice of ritual, harmony is the most precious thing.…
有子曰：「信近于义，言可复也：恭近于礼，远耻辱也，因不失其亲，亦可宗也。」
Youzi said: "When a promise is in accordance with righteousness, it can be faith…
子曰：「君子食无求饱，居无求安，敏于事而慎于言，就有道而正焉。可谓好学也已。」
The Master said: "A gentleman who seeks neither satiety in eating nor ease in dw…
子贡曰：「贫而无谄，富而无骄，何如？」子曰：「可也。未若贫而乐、富而好礼者也。」子贡曰：「《诗》云『如切如磋，如琢如磨』…
Zigong said: "What do you think of one who, though poor, harbors no flattery, an…
子曰：「不患人之不己知，患不知人也。」
The Master said: "Do not worry that others do not know you; worry rather that yo…