1、言必信，行必果。Keep what you say and carry out what you do.

2、有教无类。 In teaching there should be no distinction of classes.

3、过而不改，是谓过矣。Not to mend the fault one has made is to err indeed.

4、逝者如斯夫，不舍昼夜。It passes on just like this, not ceasing day or night!

5、己所不欲，勿施于人。What you do not want done to yourself, do not do to others.

6、有朋自远方来，不亦乐乎？Is it not delightful to have friends coming from distant quarters?

7、德不孤，必有邻。Virtue is not left to stand alone. He who practises it will have neighbors.

8、性相近也，习相远也。By nature, men are nearly alike; by practice, they get to be wide apart.

9、学而不厌，悔人不倦。 Study hard and never feel contented,and never be tired of teaching others.

10、学而时习之，不亦说乎？ Is it not pleasant to learn with a constant perseveranceand application?

11、当仁，不让于师。 When it comes to benevolence, one need not give Pcedence even to his teacher.

12、人无远虑，必有近忧。If a man take no thought about what is distant, he will find sorrow near at hand.

13、朝闻道，夕死可矣。 If one learns the truth in the morning,one would never regret dying the same evening.

14、学而不思则罔，思而不学则殆。Learning without thought is labourlost; thought without learning is perilous.

15、食不厌精，脍不厌细。He did not dislike to have his rice finely cleaned, nor to have his minced meat cut quite small.

16、学如不及，犹恐失之。 Learn as if you could not reach your object, and were always fearing also lest you should lose it.

17、不患人之不己知，患不知人也。I will not be afflicted at men's not knowing me; I will be afflicted that I do not know men.

18、人不知而不愠，不亦君子乎？Is he not a man of complete virtue, who feels no discomposure though men may take no note of him?

19、君子以文会友，以友辅仁。The superior man on grounds of culture meets with his friends, and by their friendship helps his virtue.

20、敏而好学，不耻下问。 He was of an active nature and yet fond of learning, and he was not ashamed to ask and learn of his inferiors.