Even four harnessed horses cannot bring imprudent words back into the mouth.
As the water shapes itself to the vessel that contains it, so a wise man adapts himself to circumstances.
The wise man admires water, the kind man admires mountains. The wise man moves, the kind man rests. The wise man is happy, the kind man is firm.
You will never know how sharp a sword is unless it's drawn from its sheath
Only the wisest and stupidest of men never change.
If there were an honorable way to get rich, I’d do it, even if it meant being a stooge standing around with a whip. But there isn’t an honorable way, so I just do what I like.