"Under heaven all can see beauty as beauty only because there is ugliness. All can know good as good only because there is evil."

"The five colors make one blind in the eyes; the five tones make one deaf in the ears."

"The sage puts his own person last, and yet is found in the foremost place."

"Anticipate the difficult by managing the easy."

"Careful, like crossing a river in the winter. Wary, as if surrounded by strangers."