If you try to do too much, you will not achieve anything.

When you know a thing, to hold that you know it, and when you do not know a thing, to allow that you do not know it - this is knowledge.

The archer who misses his mark does not blame the target. He stops, corrects himself and shoots again.

To learn without thinking is labour in vain, to think without learning is desolation.

For one word a man is often deemed to be wise, and for one word he is often deemed to be foolish. We should be careful indeed what we say.

If you did not do so for the sake of riches,You must have done so for the sake of novelty.

The general of a large army may be defeated, but you cannot defeat the determined mind of a peasant.