Being soft at the appropriate extent can be a virtue, being inappropriately hard can be a menace.The weak is what the people will help, those that pretend to be strong is what people will resent.

• 柔而恰当是美德，刚而不当是祸害，示弱的往往得到人们的同情和援助，逞能的常常遭到人们的怨恨和非难。