Faithfulness And Sincerity First Of All.

Guide Them By Edicts, Keep Them In Line With Punishments, And The Common People Will Stay Out Of Trouble But Will Have No Sense Of Shame. Guide Them By Virtue, Keep Them In Line With The Rites, And They Will, Besides Having A Sense Of Shame, Reform Themselves.

It Is Better Not To Proceed At All Than To Proceed Without Purpose.

Heaven Sends Down Its Good And Evil Symbols And Wise Men Act Accordingly.

If You Try To Do Too Much, You Will Not Achieve Anything.

To Give Oneself Ernestly To Securing Righteousness And Justice Among The People, And While Respecting The Gods And Demons, To Keep Aloof From Them, That May Be Called Wisdom.