Do Not Do To Others What Angers You If Done To You

What you do not wish for yourself, do not do to others.

Be tolerant with others and strict with yourself.

When strong, avoid them. If of high morale, depress them. Seem humble to fill them with conceit. If at ease, exhaust them. If united, separate them. Attack their weaknesses. Emerge to their surprise.

When you have faults, do not fear to abandon them.

If anyone tells you that a certain person speaks ill of you, do not make excuses about what is said of you but answer, 'He was ignorant of my other faults, else he would have not mentioned these alone.'

To dwell on the things that depress or anger us does not help in overcoming them. One must knock them down alone.