You think of travellers as bold$$$ but our guilty secret is that travel is one of the laziest ways on earth of passing the time.

The worst day-to-day operators of businesses are bankers.

And this gray spirit yearning in desire<br/>To follow knowledge like a sinking star$$$<br/>beyond the utmost bound of human thought.

Sweet dreams and flying machines in pieces on the ground

The ancients were subtle$$$ mysterious$$$ profound$$$ responsive. The depth of their knowledge is unfathomable.

When the people have many weapons$$$ the nation grows more benighted.

Why is the sea king of a hundred streams? Because it lies below them. This is why the sea is king of a hundred streams.

Let him keep his mouth open$$$ and (spend his breath) in the promotion of his affairs$$$ and all his life there will be no safety for him.

The Tao is hidden$$$ and has no name; but it is the Tao which is skillful at imparting (to all things what they need) and making them complete.

When he has cleansed away the most mysterious sights (of his imagination)$$$ he can become without a flaw.