The Pole Star keeps its place, and all the stars bow to it.

The Master said, “When I walk along with two others (lit three men walking. But it is implied that the speaker is one of them), they may serve me as my teachers. I will select their good qualities and follow them, their bad qualities and avoid them (lit. change them; correct them in myself, avoid them).

The Master said, “To give one's self earnestly (\*) to duties due to men (民之茶). to respect spiritual beings and to keep aloof from them may be called wisdom.

With a bow in hand and some arrows fastened at the waist.

Riches and honor are what men desire.

Poverty and meanness are what men dislike.

More than tongue and pen can express.

There are two paths, that of benevolence, and that of its opposite.

The Three-Character Classic and the Thousand-Character Essay are what children study.

It was only you and I who attained this.

During the winter of last year and the spring of this.

The south wind blows in spring and in autumn.

Gentle and docile.

The Master said, “Though a man have abilities as admirable as those of the duke of Chou, yet if he be proud and niggardly, those other things are not worth being looked at (the final particles give an emphasis to the preceding sentence).

When a country is well-governed, poverty and a mean condition are things to be ashamed of. When a country is ill-governed, riches and honor are things to be ashamed of.