Confucius

Do not unto another that you would hot have him do unto you. Thou needest this law alone. It is the foundation of all the rest.

Confucius

Do not use a cannon to kill a mosquito.

Confucius

Does Heaven ever speak? The four seasons come and go, and all creatures thrive and grow. Does Heaven ever speak!

Confucius

Don’t worry if people don’t recognize your merits; worry that you may not recognize theirs.

Confucius

Don’t worry that other people don’t know you; worry that you don’t know other people.

Confucius

Earnest in practicing the ordinary virtues, and careful in speaking about them, if, in his practice, he has anything defective, the superior man dares not but exert himself; and if, in his words, he has any excess, he dares not allow himself such license.

Confucius

Eat at your own as you would the table of a king.

Confucius

Even four harnessed horses cannot bring imprudent words back into the mouth.

Confucius

Even if I could, I would not exahnge their virtues for my own. And that is why they are intent on learning from me.

Confucius

Even in killing men, observe the rules of propriety.

Confucius