“Give your friends your money and your blood, but don’t justify yourself. Your enemies won’t believe it and your friends won’t need it.”

Close the door that brings in the wind and relax. This means that sometimes, rather than taking a beating, you should just shut off the source of the noise, distraction, problem – that is, if you can – and take a break.

Eat less to sleep more.

A tree begins with a seed.

Lying is a disease, and truth is a cure.

Anger begins with madness, but ends in regret.

Silence is the sign of approval.

Every sun has to set.

Unity is power.

The stingy have large porches and little morality.

Falseness lasts an hour, the truth lasts until the end of time.

Laugh and the world laughs with you; weep, and you weep alone.

Be in the world, but not of the world.

What is learned in youth is carved in stone.

If you’re unable to reward, then make sure to thank.

If you have an opinion, you better be determined.

A known mistake is better than an unknown truth.