Treat the large as the small and the few as the many.

All things flourish, and each returns to its source.

I am wearied, as if I lacked a home to go to.

Those who die without being forgotten get longevity.

With that gentleness I can be bold; with that economy I can be liberal; shrinking from taking precedence of others, I can become a vessel of the highest honour.

Arms are instruments of ill omen.... When one is compelled to use them, it is best to do so without relish. There is no glory in victory, and to glorify it despite this is to exult in the killing of men.... When great numbers of people are killed, one should weep over them with sorrow. When victorious in war, one should observe mourning rites.

By compassion one can be brave.