It is more fitting for a man to laugh at life than to lament over it.

Some laws, though unwritten, are more firmly established than all written laws.

Beauty is such a fleeting blossom, how can wisdom rely upon its momentary delight?

What was hard to suffer is sweet to remember.

He who comes to a conclusion when the other side is unheard, may have been just in his conclusion, but yet has not been just in his conduct.

Most men ebb and flow in wretchedness between the fear of death and the hardship of life; they are unwilling to live, and yet they do not know how to die.

I have withdrawn not only from men, but from affairs, especially my own affairs; I am working for later generations, writing down some ideas that may be of assistance to them.