1. Don’t lie and don’t be afraid of the truth.

2. Self-control is the instinct of the strongest.

3. Those who choose officials for people will be in chaos, and those who choose people for officials will rule.

4. Discipline your body with careful conduct, and you cannot take away others by practicing meticulous conduct.

5. There is no greater disaster than dissatisfaction, and no greater fault than desire.

Fan Zhongyan, Zhuge Liang and so on.