The cautious seldom err.

Forget injuries, never forget kindnesses.

Knowledge is merely brilliance in organization of ideas and not wisdom. The truly wise person goes beyond knowledge.

He who chases two rabbits, catches none.

As the water shapes itself to the vessel that contains it, so a wise man adapts himself to circumstances.

The ideal teacher guides his students but does not pull them along; he urges them to go forward and does not suppress them; he opens the way but does not take them to the place.

That a man lives is because he is straight. That a man who dupes others survives is because he has been fortunate enough to be spared.