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

The touchstone of false friends is the day of need: by way of proof, ask a loan from your friends.

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

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

The life of this transitory world is the expectation of death: to renounce life is to escape from the expectation of annihilation.

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

Ten doors are opened if one door be shut: the finger is the interpreter of the dumb man's tongue.