Much knowledge will corrupt the heart,/When partly understood,/And so the people grow too smart,/But neither wise nor good.

Without law or compulsion, men would dwell in harmony.

Those who are right do not argue. Those who argue are not right.

Yielding is the manner of the Way.

Covetousness is the greatest misfortune. One who does not know what is enough will never have enough.

Everything will settle in its own place automatically.

Profound virtue is indeed deep and wide. It leads all things back to the great order.