1. Hide evil and promote good, be careful in your actions and words.

People have good and evil sides; they have advantages and disadvantages. We must be good at tolerating its shortcomings, or bad sides; we must carry forward its strengths, or good sides. Be careful with your words and actions.

2. It is useless to talk silently and not to do your own business.

Don’t say anything that is not beneficial to the world; don’t worry about things that have nothing to do with you. The first half of the sentence teaches people to be careful when speaking, which is still advisable, but the second half of the sentence seems to be "everyone sweeps the snow in front of his own door and doesn't care about the frost on other people's tiles", which is unreasonable.

3. Overcooked food is delicious, but overcooked food is hard to say.

Speaking without paying attention to propriety, exaggerating, hurting others and yourself, and breaking trust of others, so you must be careful with your words.

4. Emotional language is like hook and line, fishing out right and wrong from the beginning.

The ancients taught people to "be careful with what they say", because if you say too much, you will make mistakes. Sometimes, speaking casually and regardless of the consequences will cause some trouble.

5. Use your words and actions among your wife and servants, and examine your body and mind during food, accommodation and daily life.

Even in front of your wife, servants and other close people, do not speak casually; but in daily life, you can check yourself and strengthen your self-cultivation.

6. Say things if you don’t want to, and do things if you don’t want to.

Don’t speak without thinking, and don’t do things without thinking. The intention is to teach people to be careful in their words and actions.

7. The most important thing in self-cultivation is to have a pure heart, and the most important thing in dealing with the world is to be cautious in speaking.

From Jin Ying's "Motto Lian Bi · Connecting Things". The key to self-cultivation is to abandon the distracting thoughts in the heart, and to be cautious in speaking before interacting with others.

8. Stupid people talk, but capable people think.

Stupid people always like to talk too much and boast. Talented people are always good at thinking and careful in their words and actions.

9. Overcooked food is delicious, but overcooked food is hard to say.

Speaking without paying attention to propriety, exaggerating, hurting others and yourself, and breaking trust of others, so you must be careful with your words.

10. All diseases enter from the mouth, and all disasters come out from the mouth.

Sickness is mostly caused by poor hygiene or poor diet. Disasters are often caused by careless words.