Do not be very upright in your dealings for you would see by going to the forest that straight trees are cut down while crooked ones are left standing.

Do not put your trust in a bad companion nor even trust an ordinary friend, for if he should get angry with you, he may bring all your secrets to light.

Before you start some work, always ask yourself three questions - Why am I doing it, What the results might be and Will I be successful. Only when you think deeply and find satisfactory answers to these questions, go ahead.

Trees on a riverbank, a woman in another man's house, and kings without counselors go without doubt to swift destruction.

As long as your body is healthy and under control and death is distant, try to save your soul; when death is immanent what can you do?

Learning is like a cow of desire. It, like her, yields in all seasons. Like a mother, it feeds you on your journey. Therefore learning is a hidden treasure.

The wise man should restrain his senses like the crane and accomplish his purpose with due knowledge of his place, time and ability.