To find the Tao, there is nowhere you need to search. If it is not inside you, it is not the Tao.

You turn the handle the way it goes, not the way it ought to go

When one cultivates to the utmost the principles of his nature, and exercises them on the principle of reciprocity, he is not far from the path.

What you know, you know, what you don't know, you don't know. This is true wisdom.

Base yourself in loyalty and trust. Don't be companion with those who are not your moral equal. When you make a mistake, don't hesitate to correct it.

A person of character takes as much trouble to discover what is right as the lesser men take to discover what will pay.

We should not be too familiar with the lower orders or with women.