Know the enemy and know yourself, and you can fight a hundred battles with no danger of defeat

the government functions well and people cooperate well

attract investment

Money and treasures will be plentiful

a long period of stability

make long drive;push deep

over cautions and indecisive

become debt-ridden

The early bird catches the worm

Distant kinsmen mean less than close neighbors

have a long history

to get water from a flint

cases in which people were unjustly, falsely or wrongly charged or sentenced; unjust, false or wrong cases

Better make friends than make enemies

Better remove enmity than contract it

world-renowned

teach through lively activities

Haste does not bring success./More haste, less speed

Haste makes waste/ More haste, less speed

to ascend another storey to see a thousand miles further; Ascend further, were you to look farther; Would eye embrace a thousand miles? Go up, one flight