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

Want a thing long enough and you don’t.

The more acquaintances you have, the less you know them.

The person who is his own master cannot tolerate another boss.

Tenacity and adversity are old foes.

Married couples tell each other a thousand things without speech.

A man who cannot tolerate small misfortunes can never accomplish great things.

A man without a smiling face must not open shop.

All things change, and we change with them.

Teachers open the door. You enter by yourself.

Think about your own faults during the first half of the night, and the faults of others during the second half.

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.

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.