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.

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

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

What does it profit you that all the libraries of the world should be yours? Not knowledge but what one does with knowledge is your profit.

The weeping of the candle is not in mourning for the moth: the dawn is at hand, and it is thinking of its own dark night.

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