“The sage shuns excess, shuns grandiosity, shuns arrogance.”

“Hence the sage puts away excessive effort, extravagance, and easy indulgence.”

“The sage puts herself last and is first.”

“Therefore the sage seeks to satisfy (the craving of) the belly, and not the (insatiable longing of the) eyes.”

“Therefore the sage holds in his embrace the one thing (of humility), and manifests it to all the world.”

“The sage has in the world an appearance of indecision, and keeps his mind in a state of indifference to all.”

“If we could renounce our sageness and discard our wisdom, it would be better for the people a hundredfold.”