A troubled countenance oft discloses much.
Who timidly requests invites refusal.
See how many are better off than you are, but consider how many are worse.
You cannot, I repeat, successfully acquire it and preserve your modesty at the same time.
Precepts are like seeds; they are little things which do much good; if the mind which receives them has a disposition, it must not be doubted that his part contributes to the generation, and adds much to that which has been collected.
Whereas a prolonged life is not necessarily better, a prolonged death is necessarily worse.