If you are untrustworthy, people will not trust you.
The more laws and order are made prominent, the more thieves and robbers there will be.
Practice non-action. Work without doing.
When the hares have all been caught, the hunting dogs are cooked.
What people loathe the most is to be orphaned, desolate, unworthy. But this is what princes and kings call themselves.
The skillful traveller leaves no traces of his wheels.