A secret, like a chore, always seems to lead to another, one even more troublesome than the first.
The young see what they wish to see. The old see what they do not wish.
prophecies do not alter fate, only confirm it.
Principles have a way of yielding to power.
Like most Chinese, I am basically a fatalist - too sophisticated for religion and too superstitious to deny the gods.
to ask for anything of consequence from friends who cannot refuse is uncivilized.