Confucius

Never contract friendship with a man that is not better than thyself.

Confucius

Not feeling compassion for a stranger is like not feeling when one’s foot has caught fire.

Confucius

Not to alter one’s faults is to be faulty indeed.

Confucius

Not to mend one’s ways when one has erred is to err indeed.

Confucius

Only after winter comes do we know that the pine and the cypress are the last to fade.

Confucius

Past scholars studied to improve themselves; Today’s scholars study to impress others.

Confucius

People with virtue must speak out; People who speak are not all virtuous.

Confucius

Rather than caring about whether or not you are known, strive to be worth knowing.

Confucius

Respect the gods and the devils but keep them at a distance.

Confucius

Return good for good; return evil with justice.

Confucius