扁鹊（旧题）：难经·第95则

文學曰：「扁鵲撫息脈而知疾所由生，陽氣盛，則損之而調陰，寒氣盛，則損之而調陽，是以氣脈調和，而邪氣無所留矣。夫拙醫不知脈理之腠，血氣之分，妄刺而無益於疾，傷肌膚而已矣。今欲損有餘，補不足，富者愈富，貧者愈貧矣。嚴法任刑，欲以禁暴止奸，而奸猶不止，意者非扁鵲之用針石，故眾人未得其職也。」

壬辰，以高士廉為侍中，房玄齡為中書令，蕭瑀為左僕射，長孫無忌為吏部尚書，杜如晦為兵部尚書。癸巳，以宇文士及為中書令，封德彝為右僕射；又以前天策府兵曹參軍杜淹為御史大夫，中書舍人顏師古、劉林甫為中書侍郎，左衛副率侯君集為左衛將軍，左虞候段志玄為驍衛將軍，副護軍薛萬徹為右領軍將軍，右內副率張公謹為右武候將軍，右監門率長孫安業為右監門將軍，右內副率李客師為領左右軍將軍。安業，無忌之兄；客師，靖之弟也。

"Opportunity has hair in front," says a Latin author; "behind she is bald; if you seize her by the forelock, you may hold her, but, if suffered to escape, not Jupiter himself can catch her again."