The wheel of fortune turns round incessantly, and who can say to himself, I shall today be uppermost.

To know that one knows what one knows, and to know that one doesn't know what one doesn't know, there lies true wisdom.

If you yourself desire establishment, then help others to get establishment; if you yourself want success, then help others to attain success.

If names are not correct, then language is not in accord with the truth of things. If language is not in accord with the truth of things, then affairs cannot be carried out successfully.

A man who lacks reliability is utterly useless.

Consideration for others is the basis of a good life, a good society.

Love is like a spice. It can sweeten your life - however, it can spoil it, too.