To lead uninstructed people to war is to throw them away.
Never contract friendship with a man that is not better than thyself.
Music produces a kind of pleasure which human nature cannot do without.
With coarse rice to eat, with water to drink, and my bent arm for a pillow - I have still joy in the midst of all these things.
Be loyal to yourself, charitable to neighbours, nothing more.
Those who break down the dikes will themselves be drowned in the inundation.