To study and constantly, is this not a pleasure? To have friends come from far away places, is this not a joy? If people do not recognize your worth, but this does not worry you, are you not a true gentleman?

When three persons work together, each can be the teacher in some aspects

Things that are done, it is needless to speak about...things that are past, it is needless to blame.

When a nation or family is about to flourish, there are sure to be happy omens; and when it is about to perish, there are sure to be unlucky omens.

Silence is the true friend that never betrays.

When you meet someone better than yourself, turn your thoughts to becoming his equal. When you meet someone not as good as you are, look within and examine your own self.

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