Do not be too hard, lest you be broken; do not be too soft, lest you be squeezed.

If you are greeted then return the greetings more warmly. If you are favored, then repay the obligation manifold; but he who takes the initiative will always excel in merit.

Silence is the best reply to a fool.

Everyone who is taken by death asks for more time, while everyone who still has time makes excuses for procrastination.

Let me alone, and go in search of someone else.

Whoever wants to be a leader should educate himself before educating others. Before preaching to others he should first practice himself. Whoever educates himself and improves his own morals is superior to the man who tries to teach and train others.

The wiser a man is, the less talkative will he be.