Death and life have their determined appointments; riches and honors depend upon heaven.

Be not ashamed of mistakes and thus make them crimes.

Learning without thought is labour lost.

To be excellent when engaged in administration is to be like the North Star. As it remains in its one position, all the other stars surround it.

A reasonable man adjusts himself to the world. An unreasonable man expects the world to adjust itself to him. Therefore all progress is made by unreasonable people.

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

Isn't it a pleasure to study and practice what you have learned? Isn't it also great when friends visit from distant places? If one remains not annoyed when he is not understood by people around him, isn't he a sage?