The intelligent ruler makes the law select men and makes no arbitrary appointment himself he makes the law measure merits and makes no arbitrary judgment himself.

It is not difficult to know a thing; what is difficult is to know how to use what you know

It is dangerous for a ruler to trust others. He who trusts others can be manipulated by others.

People are submissive to power, and few of them can be influenced by doctrines of righteousness.

No benefit is more constant than simplicity; no happiness more constant than peace.

In dealing with those who share his bed, the enlightened ruler may enjoy their beauty but should not listen to their special pleas.

Claiming certainty without corroborating evidence is stupid.

He who claims to be sure of something for which there is no evidence is a fool, and he who acts on the basis of what cannot be proved is an imposter.

The way is the beginning of all beings and the measure of right and wrong.

A dynamic person can easily grow and become a civil human when they start to live independently.

If a man makes me keep my distance, the comfort is, he keeps his at the same time.

If you do not have a cause, then you have nothing at all! Get a cause and march with that cause!

I'm sure that there are places in the deserts in Australia that could be similar to where we might want to go on Mars.

Written kisses never arrive at their destination; the ghosts drink them up along the way.

With monochrome painting... the idiosyncrasy of the work, its difference, its expression, lies in shape.

Ian Baird is dashing around like a steam roller up front.

God willing, we will throw them into the sea.

When a man's busy, why leisure Strikes him as wonderful pleasure: 'Faith, and at leisure once is he? Straightway he wants to be busy.

I am strongly convinced that the people or society is the best and the most unerring critic.