He that has satisfied his thirst turns his back on the well.
There are friendships merely for pleasure, some for the exchange of ideas. Rarest are those friends of one's inmost self.
To overvalue something is a form of lying.
Many people who pretend to be very busy have the least to do.
The sage has one advantage: he is immortal. If this is not his century, many others will be.
The heaven of the envied is hell for the envious. [...because they focus on what they don't have rather than being grateful for what they have, which is always better than some others.]