When the palace is magnificent, the fields are filled with weeds, and the granaries are empty.
Nothing is softer or more flexible than water, yet nothing can resist it.
The female always surpasses the male with stillness. In her stillness she is yielding.
The more prohibitions there are, the poorer the people will be. The more laws are promulgated, the more thieves and bandits there will be.
Confidence is the greatest friend.
He who treasures his body as much as the world can care for the world.