Since someone ate crabs, others must have eaten spiders as well. However, they were not tasty. So afterwards, people stopped eating them. These people also deserve our heartfelt gratitude.

Trust only him who doubts.

I entreat fresh visions from the painters. Be lavish with your vermilion to portray the mountains in the spring.

Women have a mother-nature and a daughter-nature; there are no women with a wife-nature. The quality of wife is an acquired character; it is a combination of mother and daughter.

When a great man has become petrified, and everyone begins to proclaim his greatness, he has already turned into a puppet.

True, we must dare look things in the face before we dare think, speak, act, or assume responsibility. If we dare not even look, what else are we good for?

If men refuse to be kindled, sparks can only burn themselves out, just as paper images and carriages burn out on the street during funerals.