Joy and sorrow, beauty and deformity, equally pass away.
Every person thinks his own intellect perfect, and his own child handsome.
A little beauty is preferable to much wealth.
When the belly is empty, the body becomes spirit; and when it is full, the spirit becomes body.
Whatever is produced in haste goes hastily to waste.
A peace-mingling falsehood is preferable to a mischief-stirring truth.