- Real knowledge is knowing the extent of one's ignorance.
- A man who has committed a mistake and doesn't correct it is committing another mistake.
- If the ruler is upright, all will go well in his country.
- Bad government is more terrible than tigers.
- The strength of a nation derives from the virtue of the home.
- A gem can't be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials.
- Consideration for others is the basis of a good society.
- The sage knows what is right; the fool knows what will sell.
- The sage demands much of himself; the fool demands much of others.
- "To know your faults and be able to change is the greatest virtue"
知錯能改，善莫大焉
- "What you do not wish for yourself, do not do to others"
己所不欲，勿施於人。
- "With coarse rice to eat, with water to drink, and my crooked arm for a pillow - is not joy to be found therein? Riches and honors acquired through unrighteousness are to me as the floating clouds"
疏食飲水，曲肱而枕，樂在其中矣。不義而富貴，于我如浮雲。
- "To understand nothing is to understand everything."
知之为知之，不知为不知，是知也.
- "Reviewing the day's lessons.Isn't it joyful?Friends come from far.Isn't it delightful?One has never been angry at other's misunderstanding.Isn't he a respectable man?"
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？
