There is the love of knowing without the love of learning; the beclouding here leads to dissipation of mind.

I do not want a friend who smiles when I smile, who weeps when I weep; for my shadow in the pool can do better than that.

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?

A picture is poem without words.

A scholar who loves comfort is not fit to be called a scholar.

Coarse rice to eat, water to drink, my bended arm for a pillow - therein is happiness. Wealth and rank attained through immoral means are nothing but drifting clouds.

Success depends upon previous preparation, and without such preparation there is sure to be failure.