When armies are mobilized and issues joined, the man who is sorry over the fact will always win.

The more clever and cunning people are, the stranger the events will be.

He who knows much about others may be learned, but he who understands himself is more intelligent. He who controls others may be powerful, but he who has mastered himself is mightier still.

Quarrel with a friend - and you are both wrong.

The sage seeks freedom from desire. He does not collect precious things. He learns not to hold on to ideas. He brings men back to what they have lost.

Perfect kindness acts without thinking of kindness.

That so few understand me is why I am treasured.