When goodness is lost, it is replaced by morality.
Success is as dangerous as failure. Hope is as hollow as fear.
Manifest plainness, embrace simplicity, reduce selfishness, have few desires.
He who holds on to the Way seeks no excess. Since he lacks excess, he can grow old in no need to be renewed.
Lay plans for the accomplishment of the difficult before it becomes difficult; make something big by starting with it when small.
When the highest type of people hear Tao (Truth), they diligently practice it. When the average type of people hear Tao, they half believe in it. When the lowest type of people hear Tao, they laugh at it. If they did not laugh, it would not be Tao.