Looking at small advantages prevents great affairs from being accomplished.

Behind every smile there's teeth.

How great is the path proper to the Sage! Like overflowing water, it sends forth and nourishes all things, and rises up to the height of heaven. All-complete is its greatness! It embraces the three hundred rules of ceremony, and the three thousand rules of demeanor. It waits for the proper man, and then it is trodden. Hence it is said, 'Only by perfect virtue can the perfect path, in all its courses, be made a fact.'

Every house guest brings you happiness. Some when they arrive, and some when they are leaving

There are three things against which the wise man guards: lust when young, quarrels when strong, and covetousness when old.

roads were made for journeys not destinations

When a wise man points at the moon the imbecile examines the finger.