§9 #1Stretch a bow to the very full,and you will wish you had stopped in time; temper a sword-edge to its very sharpest, and you will find it soon grows dull.
金玉满堂，莫之能守； 富贵而骄，自遗其咎。
Arthur Waley
When bronze and jade fill your hall.#2 It can no longer be guarded.#3 Wealth and place breed insolence.#4 That brings ruin in its train.
功成身退，天之道也。
Arthur Waley
When your work is done, then withdraw!#2 Such is Heaven's Way.