I have never seen a man lost who was on a straight path.
The rich man is everywhere expected and at home.
The bird alighteth not on the spread net when it beholds another bird in the snare. Take warning by the misfortunes of others, that others may not take example from you.
Capacity without education is deplorable, and education without capacity is thrown away.
Joy and sorrow, beauty and deformity, equally pass away.
To tell a falsehood is like the cut of a saber: for though the wound may heal, the scar of it will remain.