The highest duty and the highest proof of wisdom - that deed and word should be in accord.
Be wary of the man who urges an action in which he himself incurs no risk.
Something that can never be learnt too thoroughly can never be said too often.
He may as well not thank at all, who thanks when none are by.
The heart is great which shows moderation in the midst of prosperity.
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.