A terrace nine stories high begins with a pile of earth.
Be content with an ordinary life.
Those who are right do not argue. Those who argue are not right.
What is well rooted cannot be pulled up. What is firmly grasped will not slip loose. It will be honoured from generation to generation.
A follower of the Way (Tao) loses something each day. Loss after loss until arriving at Non Action (Wu Wei).
He who has little will receive. He who has much will be embarrassed.