The sage does not strive to be great. Thereby he can accomplish the great.
Strong winds do not last all morning, hard rains do not last all day.
Keep your mouth shut, and close up the doors of sight and sound, and as long as you live you will have no vexation. But open your mouth, or become inquisitive, and you will be in trouble all your life long.
The wise man puts himself last and finds himself first.
The best of all teachers is the one who helps people so that eventually they don't need him.
Stretch the bow to the very full, and you will wish you had stopped in time.