There are 1,000 lessons in defeat. But only one in victory.

To be fond of learning is near to wisdom.

A happy union with wife and child is like the music of lutes and harps.

I am not bothered by the fact that I am not understood. I am bothered when I do not know others.

See a person's means ... Observe his motives. Examine that in which he rests. How can a person conceal his character?

Things have their roots and branches. Affairs have their beginnings and their ends. To know what is first and what is last will lead one near the Way.

Expect much from yourself and little from others and you will avoid incurring resentments