If two people were 1000 miles apart and be like-minded, they will come together; if they sit opposite one another and are not like-minded there will be no mutual acquaintance.
Speak language fitting to station of man you meet.
All under heaven is one home.
Although a man is away from home, his heart is there.
The big fish eat the little ones, the little ones eat the shrimps, and the shrimps are forced to eat mud (applied to the classes of society who pay taxes).
He who praises me on all occasions is a fool who despises me or a knave who wishes to cheat me.
Govern thyself, and you will be able to govern the world.
The hearts of the people are the only legitimate foundations of an empire.
By nature all men are alike; but by education, widely different.
For the sake of one good action, a hundred evil ones should be forgotten.