Don't worry when things go against you.
Don't rejoice when your wishes are met.
Don't count on stability to last long.
Don't lose heart at early difficulties.

Vegetable Roots Discourse: Wisdom from Ming China on Life and Living - Caicentan by Hong Zicheng (Shoemaker & Hoard, 2006), Translated by Robert Aitken with Daniel W. Y. Kwok, p. 92