Let your workings remain a mystery. Just show people the results.

What is well rooted cannot be pulled up. What is firmly grasped will not slip loose. It will be honoured from generation to generation.

To be of few words is natural.

Fame of self: Which matters more? Self or wealth: Which is more precious? Gain or loss: Which is more painful?

If a great country yields to a small country, it will conquer the small country. If a small country yields to a great country, it will be conquered by the great country.

The world's beginning is its mother. To have found the mother is also to know the children. Although you know the children, cling to the mother. Until your last day you will not be harmed.

As soon as rules were made, names were given. There are already many names. One must know when it is enough.