The vices come as passengers, visit us as guest and stay as masters.

There is good government when those who are near are made happy, and when those who are afar are attracted.

Virtuous people often revenge themselves for the constraints to which they submit by the boredom which they inspire.

When you have become one with the Great Universal, you will have no partiality, and when you are part of the process of transformation, you will have no rigidity.

Respect the gods, but have as little to do with them as possible.

Listen much, keep silent when in doubt, and always take heed of the tongue; thou wilt make few mistakes. See much, beware of pitfalls, and always give heed to thy walk; thou wilt have little to rue. If thy words are seldom wrong, thy deeds leave little to rue, pay will follow.

If you shoot for the stars and hit the moon, it's OK. But you've got to shoot for something. A lot of people don't even shoot.