When nothing is done, nothing is left undone.
New beginnings are often disguised as painful endings.
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.
Good men are bad men's instructors, And bad men are good men's materials.
The female always surpasses the male with stillness. In her stillness she is yielding.
Giving birth and nourishing, Bearing yet not possessing, Working yet not taking credit, Leading yet not dominating, This is the Primal Virtue.