“Men trip not on mountains they trip on molehills.”

To be totally at leisure for one day is to be immortal for one day.

If you want to find out about the road ahead, then ask about it from those coming back.

Do not believe that you will reach your destination without leaving the shore.

No matter how tall the mountain is, it cannot block the sun.

A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.

Learning is a weightless treasure you can always carry easily.

A needle is not sharp at both ends.

Want a thing long enough and you don’t.

One beam, no matter how big, cannot support an entire house on its own.

Talk does not cook rice.

A clear conscience never fears midnight knocking.

It is not the knowing that is difficult, but the doing.

A little impatience will spoil great plans.

A clever person turns great troubles into little ones, and little ones into none at all.

A bird does not sing because it has an answer. It sings because it has a song.

Ripe fruit falls by itself – but it doesn’t fall in your mouth.