Guanzi's famous sayings are as follows:

1. If the warehouse is solid, then you will know etiquette; if you have enough food and clothing, you will know honor and disgrace.

2. A one-year plan is better than planting a valley; a ten-year plan is better than trees; a lifelong plan is better than planting people.

3. The number of heaven is reversed when it reaches its peak, and it declines when it is prosperous.

4. If the form is not correct, the virtue will not come; if the form is not refined, the mind will not be refined. Decorate virtue in a positive manner, and everything will be perfect.

5. If you plan without a master, you will be trapped, and if you are unprepared, you will be in vain.

6. The former king valued integrity; those who are honest are the knot of the world.

7. The cunning of a black bird is not friendly even though it is kind. A knot that is not heavy will be untied even though it is solid.

8. If you are frugal, your money will be cheap, and if your money is cheap, you will fail.

9. It is not enough to rely on the things that must be obtained; it is not enough to trust in the words that must be promised.

10. If you observe his friends, you can tell whether he is a good person or not.

11. If you win people but don’t get what you want, it is the same as a person who walks alone.

12. If you don’t do anything today, you will forget the goods tomorrow.

13. It is dangerous to hear good people but not use them; it is dangerous to hear good people but not ask for them; it is dangerous to see talents but not use them.

14. If the goods are gone and then you realize that there is not enough, you do not know how to measure it. When things are done, and then you know that there is more than enough goods, you do not know the rules.

15. The sea does not reject water, so it can become as big as it does; the mountain does not reject earth and rocks, so it can become as high as it is.

16. Talking too much is not as good as talking too little.

17. A wise man is better at making plans than he was at that time.

18. Do not associate with arrogant and violent people.

19. To advance in fame and retreat in body is the way of heaven.

20. Those who do things are born of worry, succeed in tasks, and lose in pride.

21. Saints are afraid of subtlety, but fools are afraid of clarity.

22. Being lazy and extravagant will lead to poverty, while being thrifty and powerful will lead to wealth. The reputation is not in vain, but the trouble is not the only one.

23. A lady must know etiquette and then be respectful, be respectful and then give way.

24. Being cautious and expert can bring disaster.