Be who you are, and go the whole way.
The real art of governing consists, so far as possible, in doing nothing.
He who steals a hook shall be hanged; while he who steals the state shall be crowned as prince.
A man is born gentle and weak. At death, he is hard and stiff. Green plants are tender and filled with sap. At death, they are withered and dry. Therefore, the stiff and unbending is the disciple of death, and the gentle and yielding is the disciple of life.
Be the chief but never the lord.
If you want everything, you first have to give everything up.