After all the allowances are made for the necessity of having a few supermen in our midst - explorers, conquerors, great inventors, great presidents, heroes who change the course of history - the happiest man is still the man of the middle class who has earned a slight means of economic independence, who has done a little, but just a little, for mankind and who is slightly distinguished in his community, but not too distinguished.

We (the Chinese) eat food for its texture, the elastic or crisp effect it has on our teeth, as well as for fragrance, flavor and color.

The busy man is never wise and the wise man is never busy.

By association with nature's enormities, a man's heart may truly grow big also.

When small men begin to cast big shadows, it means that the sun is about to set.

It is that unoccupied space which makes a room habitable, as it is our leisure hours which make life endurable.

In the West, the insane are so many that they are put in an asylum, in China the insane are so unusual that we worship them.