Retirement without literary amusements is death itself, and a living tomb.
Fear drives the wretched to prayer
To make another person hold his tongue, be you first silent.
The tempest threatens before it comes; houses creak before they fall.
Ignorant people see life as either existence or non-existence, but wise men see it beyond both existence and non-existence to something that transcends them both; this is an observation of the Middle Way.
When an author is too meticulous about his style, you may presume that his mind is frivolous and his content flimsy.