Only by perfect virtue can the perfect path, in all its courses, be made a fact.
The general of a large army may be defeated, but you cannot defeat the determined mind of a peasant.
He who chases two rabbits, catches none.
Study the past if you want to define the future.
When frying small fish, disturb them little.
The determined scholar and the man of virtue will not seek to live at the expense of injuring their virtue. They will even sacrifice their lives to preserve their virtue complete.