Accumulated wealth is saved by spending just as incoming fresh water is saved by letting out stagnant water.

Knower of the means makes impossible tasks also possible.

The king shall singly deliberate over secret matters; for ministers have their own ministers, and these latter some of their own; this kind of successive line of ministers tends to the disclosure of counsels.

The disgrace of one's people brings sorrow to the Nobel minded.

Do not put your trust in a bad companion nor even trust an ordinary friend, for if he should get angry with you, he may bring all your secrets to light.

For the moon though one, dispels the darkness, which the stars, though numerous, do not.

Don't judge the future of a person based on his present conditions, becausetime has the power to change black coal to shiny diamond.