Happiness is like a sunbeam, which the least shadow intercepts, while adversity is often as the rain of spring.
Have a mouth as sharp as a dagger but a heart as soft as tofu.
Have one's ears pierced only before the wedding ceremony starts.
He who asks is a fool for five minutes, but he who does not ask remains a fool forever.
He who hurries can not walk with dignity.
He who sacrifices his conscience to ambition burns a picture to obtain the ashes.
A horse cannot gain weight if not fed with extra fodder during the night; a man cannot become wealthy without earnings apart from his regular salaries.
How can you expect to find ivory in a dog's mouth?
How can you put out a fire set on a cart-load of firewood with only a cup of water?
If a son is uneducated, his dad is to blame.
If I keep a green bough in my heart, the singing bird will come.
If you are patient in a moment of anger, you will escape a hindred days of sorrow.
If you bow at all, bow low.
If you do not study hard when young you'll end up bewailing your failures as you grow up.
If you have never done anything evil, you should not be worrying about devils to knock at your door.
If you must play, decide on three things at the start: the rules of he game, the stakes, and the quitting time.
If you see in your wine the reflection of a person not in your range of vision, don't drink it.
If you suspect a man, don't employ him, and if ypu employ him, don't suspect him.
If you want 1 year of prosperity, grow grain. If you want 10 years of prosperity, grow trees. If you want 100 years of prosperity, grow people.
If you wish to know the mind of a man, listen to his words.
In reviling, it is not necessary to prepare a preliminary draft.
An inch of time is an inch of gold but you can't buy that inch of time with an inch of gold.
It is easy to dodge a spear that comes in front of you but hard to keep harms away from an arrow shot from behind.
It is later than you think.
