勤俭了就有了约束，有约束了就会各种好事都做；奢侈就放肆，放肆则各种坏事都泛滥。

都是出卖，卖给中原各国也可以，何必非要卖给越国呢？ 

The true genius shudders at incompleteness — and usually prefers silence to saying something which is not everything it ought to be.

The difference between stupid and intelligent people—and this is true whether or not they are well-educated—is that intelligent people can handle subtlety.