When your mind is befuddled you must concentrate and gather your thoughts together. When you feel too much tension, you must relax by putting the matter on hand aside.
When meeting an astute person who is not willing to converse much, do not rush to reveal your thoughts to him. When meeting a person who is puffed up with pride, be careful what you say.
It is necessary to use tactful methods to help a person overcome his faults. If you use a confrontational and clamorous approach, you will be using your own shortcomings to counter his.
Do not listen only to one side or you will be easily fooled by evil people.
When a man becomes angry like a raging fire and his desires bubble up like boiling water, he knows full well that this is not right; nevertheless, he persists in his folly.
A person who is fascinated by wonders and novelties is one who cannot have far-reaching knowledge.
The factors of decay are already latent in times of greatest prosperity, and a new lease of life starts to exist at a time when everything is in decay.