“If you want to avoid being cheated, ask for prices at three different stores.”

A smile will gain you ten more years of life.

Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me.

I was angered, for I had no shoes. Then I met a man who had no feet.

A person of high principles is one who can watch an entire chess game without making a comment.

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.