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

Those who make their living by collecting taxes cause the people to starve; when the people starve, the tax collectors, having no one to tax, starve also

Even the longest journey must begin where you stand.

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

Of the best rulers, The people only know that they exist; the next best they love and praise the next they fear; and the next they revile. When they do not command the people's faith, some will lose faith in them, and then they resort to oaths! But of the best when their task is accomplished, their work done, the people all remark, We have done it ourselves.

When wisdom and knowledge appear, great pretense arises.

Failure is the foundation of success: success is the lurking place of failure.