The separate parts make no carriage.
When taxes are too high, people go hungry. When the government is too intrusive, people lose their spirit. Act for the people's benefit. Trust them; leave them alone.
Yielding is the manner of the Way.
Intelligent people know others. Enlightened people know themselves.
Displaying riches and titles with pride brings about one's downfall.
Knowing ignorance is strength; ignoring knowledge is sickness.