1. What the superior man seeks is in himself; what the small man seeks is in others.

    君子求诸己，小人求诸人。

    2. I am not one who was born in the possession of knowledge; I am one who is fond of antiquity, and earnest in seeking it there.

    我非生而知之者，好古，敏以求之者也。

    3. If a man takes no thought about what is distant, he will find sorrow near at hand.

    人无远虑必有近忧。

    4. Learning without thought is labor lost; thought without learning is perilous.

    学而不思则罔，思而不学则殆。

    5. Recompense injury with justice, and recompense kindness with kindness.

    以直报怨，以德报德。

    6. The superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions.

    君子耻其言而过其行。

    7. When you know a thing, to hold that you know it; and when you do not know a thing, to allow that you do not know it -- this is knowledge.

    知之为知之，不知为不知，是知也。

    8. Without an acquaintance with the rules of propriety, it is impossible for the character to be established.

    不知礼，无以立也，不知言，无以知人也。

    9. To go beyond is as wrong as to fall short.

    过犹不及。

    10. The cautious seldom err.

    以约失之者鲜矣。