Don't curse the darkness, light a candle.
Do not use a cannon to kill a mosquito.
Girl who sit on Judge's lap get honorable discharge.
Expect much from yourself and little from others and you will avoid incurring resentments
The superior man does not mind being in office; all he minds about is whether he has qualities that entitle him to office. He does not mind failing to get recognition; he is too busy doing the things that entitle him to recognition.
The Master said, โWhat a worthy man was Yan Hui! Living in a narrow alley, subsisting upon meager bits of rice and waterโother people could not have borne such hardship, and yet it never spoiled Huiโs joy. What a worthy man was Hui!โ (Analects 6.11)