Balance is the perfect state of still water. Let that be our model. It remains quiet within and is not disturbed on the surface.

Do not use a cannon to kill a mosquito.

Humility is the solid foundation of all virtues.

Let every man consider virtue as what devolves on himself. He may not yield the performance of it even to his teacher.

Excessive (population) growth may reduce output per worker, repress levels of living for the masses and engender strife

Of neighborhoods, benevolence is the most beautiful. How can the man be considered wise who when he had the choice does not settle in benevolence.

To understand yourself is the key to wisdom.