Who is there who can make muddy waters clear? But if allowed to remain still, it will gradually clear itself.
The more prohibitions you have, the less virtuous people will be. Try to make people moral, and you lay the groundwork for vice.
Between yea and nay, how much difference is there?
What resists, persists.
He who prides himself upon wealth and honor hastens his own downfall.
The sage is sharp but does not cut, pointed but does not pierce, forthright but does not offend, bright but does not dazzle.