子曰：“躬自厚而薄责于人，则远怨矣。”

Severe with oneself and lenient with others, said the Master, one will be far from their complaint.

子曰：“不曰‘如之何、如之何’者，吾末如之何也已矣。”

I do not know what to do, said the Master, with a man who never says, "What to do? What to do?"

子曰：“群居终日，言不及义，好行小慧，难矣哉！”

It is difficult, said the Master, to deal with those who gather together all day long without saying what is right but try to show their tact in trifling matters.

子曰：“君子义以为质，礼以行之，孙以出之，信以成之。君子哉！”

An intelligentleman, said the Master, thinks it his duty to do what is right, carries it out according to the rules of propriety, speaks with modesty and accomplishes it faithfully. Such is an intelligentleman.

子曰：“君子病无能焉，不病人之不己知也。”

An intelligentleman, said the Master, regrets that he is incapable, and not that he is unknown.

子曰：“君子求诸己，小人求诸人。”

An intelligentleman, said the Master, relies on himself while an uncultured man relies on others.

子曰：“君子不以言举人，不以人废言。”

An intelligentleman, said the Master, will not recommend anyone simply because of his good words, nor reject the good words of anyone.

子贡问曰：“有一言而可以终身行之者乎？”子曰：“其恕乎！己所不欲，勿施于人。”

Zi Gong asked whether there was a word practicable all the life long. The Master said, "Perhaps 'forbearance' is the word. Do not do to others what you would not have others do to you."

子曰：“吾之于人也，谁毁谁誉？如有所誉者，其有所试矣。斯民也，三代之所以直道而行也。”

Of those people I have dealt with, said the Master, whom have I praised or blamed? If I have praised someone, I must have tested him. Such is the straightforward way how people were dealt with during the three ancient dynasties.

子曰：“吾犹及史之阙文也，有马者借人乘之，今亡矣夫！”

In my early days, said the Master, I had seen historian leave a blank in his text, and a horseman leave his horse for another to ride. But now there is none like them.

子曰：“巧言乱德，小不忍，则乱大谋。”

Sweet words, said the Master, may sour the deeds. Impatience in minor matter may cause failure in main matter.

子曰：“众恶之，必察焉；众好之，必察焉。”

If a man is disliked by all, said the Master, inquiry must be made. If a man is liked by all, inquiry must also be made.

来源：翻译大王