A scholar is useless at everything, while a wealthy merchant is the most unscrupulous of all.
If you haven’t risen to provincial office, all you say is empty talk.
People die, power collapses, money disappears; only time is eternal.
First understand the rules of time, then abide by them; once you abide by them, learn to use them; and once you can use them, change them. Only then will life hold no obstacles.
If you’re not in the game, you can’t understand the moves being made.
Better to see things for yourself than rely on hearsay.
