"To know yet to think that one does not know is the highest [attainment]. Not to know yet to think that one knows is a disease."

"Governing a large country is like cooking a small fish. Too much handling will spoil it."

"The higher the sun rises, the less shadow it casts."

"The sage rules by emptying their minds and filling their bellies, by weakening their wills and strengthening their bones."

"He who knows glory, yet keeps to ignominy, is the valley of the world."