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

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

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

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

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

Become placeless, for to change this place of water and clay is but to move from one prison to another.

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