If one is guided by profit in one's actions, one will incur much ill will.

Make fair agreements and stick to them

When a nation or family is about to flourish, there are sure to be happy omens; and when it is about to perish, there are sure to be unlucky omens.

Women and people of low birth are very hard to deal with. If you are friendly to them, they get out of hand, and if you keep your distance, they resent it.

One who is by nature daring and is suffering from poverty will not long be law-abiding. Indeed, any men, save those that are truly good, if their sufferings are very great, will be likely to rebel.

I live in a very small house, but my windows look out on a very large world.

roads were made for journeys not destinations