Keep behind, and you shall be put in front; keep out, and you shall be kept in.
If I have even just a little sense, I will walk on the main road and my only fear will be of straying from it. Keeping to the main road is easy, But people love to be sidetracked.
Knowing ignorance is strength; ignoring knowledge is sickness.
The fish cannot leave the deep waters. The state's weaponry should not be displayed.
The Tao is told is not the Tao.
Strong winds do not last all morning, hard rains do not last all day.