One who anxiously tip toes has no ground to stand on
One who straddles the line never moves forward
One who gazes into himself is found obscure
One who believes in himself will not prove himself
One who denounces himself has no excellence
One who measures himself cannot come first

Those living the Way say:
Excessively taking and superfluously doing seems spiteful to nature!
Feeling this, the Wayfarer remains fluid

企者不立
跨者不行
自見者不明
自是者不彰
自伐者無功
自矜者不長

其在道也
曰餘食贅行
物或惡之
故有道者不處