There is no need to show your ability before everyone.
If you are wise, live as you can; if you cannot, live as you would.
Rate the intensive above the extensive. The perfect does not lie in quantity, but in quality.
The sage never seems to know his own merits, for only by not noticing them can you call others' attention to them.
Trust your heart, especially when it is a strong one.
You have to appear wiser and more prudent than is required by the people you are dealing with if you want to give a high opinion of yourself.