The truth is not always beautiful, nor beautiful words the truth.
Be merciful, moderate, and modest.
The sage avoids extremity, excess, and extravagance.
A tree as wide as a man's embrace grows from a tiny shoot.
The people suffer from famine because of the multitude of taxes consumed by their superiors. It is through this that they suffer famine.
Everything in the universe is created from something, which in turn is created from nothing.