Try to change it and you will ruin it. Try to hold it and you will lose it.
The people suffer from famine because of the multitude of taxes consumed by their superiors. It is through this that they suffer famine.
I am wearied, as if I lacked a home to go to.
The wise does not think that only he is right -thus he knows the truth.
A good manager is best when people barely know that he exists. Not so good when people obey and acclaim him. Worse when they despise him.
When the palace is magnificent, the fields are filled with weeds, and the granaries are empty.