When poison becomes a habit, it ceases to injure: make your soul gradually acquainted with death.

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

To the seeker after pearls, silence is a speaking argument, for no breath comes forth from the diver of the sea.

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

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

Seek for the truth from the heart which is empty of thought.

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