Flowers and fruit are never combined in one place: it is impossible that teeth and delicacies should exist simultaneously.

The roots of the aged palm tree exceed those of the young one; the old have a greater attachment to the world.

Peace is in proportion to every pause: observe the difference between to run, to walk, to stand, to sit, to lie, to die.

Flowers and fruit are never combined in one place: it is impossible that teeth and delicacies should exist simultaneously.

Formerly, people used to grieve over the departed, but in our days they grieve over the survivors.

The wave is ignorant of the true nature of the sea: how can the temporal comprehend the eternal?

When a man becomes old, his greed becomes young: sleep grows heavy at the time of morning.