"To govern is to correct.  If you set an example by being correct, who
 would dare remain incorrect?"
     -- Confucius to Chi K'ang Tzu

"Do not impose on others what you yourself do not desire."
     -- Analects, XV.24
   (The negative makes .all. the difference.)

"If a man remembers what is right at the sign of profit, is ready to lay
 down his life in the face of danger, and does not forget sentiments he
 has repeated all his life when he has been in straitened circumstances
 for a long time, he may be said to be a complete man."
     -- Analects, XIV.12

"It is only the benevolent man who is capable of liking or disliking
 other men."
     -- Analects, IV.3

"In his errors a man is true to type.  Observe the errors and you will
 know the man."
     -- Analects, IV.7

"While the gentleman cherishes benign rule, the small man cherishes his
 native land.  While the gentleman cherishes a respect for the law, the
 small man cherishes generous treatment."
    -- Analects, IV.11