In Speaking, It Is Best To Be

You Turn The Handle The Way It Goes, Not The Way It Ought To Go

A Country Of A Thousand War-chariots Cannot Be Administered Unless The Ruler Attends Strictly To Business, Punctually Observes His Promises, Is Economical In Expenditure, Loves The People, And Uses The Labor Of The Peasantry Only At The Proper Times Of Year.

Listen Much, Keep Silent When In Doubt, And Always Take Heed Of The Tongue; Thou Wilt Make Few Mistakes. See Much, Beware Of Pitfalls, And Always Give Heed To Thy Walk; Thou Wilt Have Little To Rue. If Thy Words Are Seldom Wrong, Thy Deeds Leave Little To Rue, Pay Will Follow.

Virtuous People Often Revenge Themselves For The Constraints To Which They Submit By The Boredom Which They Inspire.

The Mirror Reflects All Objects Without Being Sullied