“To speak little is natural. Therefore a gale does not blow a whole morning nor does a downpour last a whole day.”

“A violent wind does not last for a whole morning; a sudden rain does not last for the whole day.”

“Abstaining from speech marks him who is obeying the spontaneity of his nature. A violent wind does not last for a whole morning; a sudden rain does not last for the whole day. To whom is it that these (two) things are owing? To Heaven and Earth. If Heaven and Earth cannot make such (spasmodic) actings last long, how much less can a man!”

“Therefore a wise prince, marching the whole day, does not go far from his baggage waggons.”

“Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing.”

“For in this love he now felt there was compassion: without which love is untempered, and is not whole, and does not last.”