学而时习之, 不亦说乎。 有朋自远方来, 不亦乐乎。
Isn't it a pleasure to study and practice what you have learned? Isn't it a lso great when friends visit from distant places?
巧言令色, 鲜矣仁。
Someone who is a clever speaker and maintains a 'too-smiley' face is seldom considered a humane person.
诗三百, 一言以蔽之, 曰: 「思无邪」。
The 300 verses of the Book of Odes can be summed up in a single phrase: 'Don't think in an evil way’.
为政以德。
Govern with the power of virtue
子曰: 「吾十有五而志于学, 三十而立, 四十而不惑, 五十而知天命, 六十而耳顺, 七十而从心所欲, 不踰矩。」
Confucius said: "At fifteen my heart was set on learning; at thirty I stood firm; at forty I had no more doubts; at fifty I knew the mandate of heaven; at sixty my ear was obedient; at seventy I could follow my heart's desire without transgressing the norm."
温故而知新, 可以为师矣。
Reviewing what you have learned and learning anew, you are fit to be a teacher.
学而优则仕。
A good scholar can become an official.
学而不思则罔, 思而不学则殆。
To study and not think is a waste. To think and not study is dangerous.
知之为知之, 不知为不知, 是知也。
What you know, you know, what you don't know, you don't know. This is knowledge.
成事不说, 遂事不谏, 既往不咎。