People with virtue must speak out; People who speak are not all virtuous.

Stars are holes in the sky from which the light of the infinite shines.

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

Reading without thinking will confuse you.Thinking without reading will place you in danger.

Be not ashamed of mistakes and thus make them crimes.

We can know a person by observing his behaviour, understanding the reasons for his actions and ascertaining his intentions. If we do this, how can we not know him?

Tea tempers the spirits and harmonizes the mind, dispels lassitude and relieves fatigue, awakens thought and prevents drowsiness, lightens or refreshes the body, and clears the perceptive faculties.