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.

Delphi Collected Works of Confucius - Four Books and Five Classics of Confucianism (Illustrated): (ed. Delphi Classics, 2016) - ISBN: 9781786560520