When someone is giving you his opinion, you should receive it with deep gratitude even though it is worthless. If you don't, he will not tell you the things that he has seen and heard about you again.

Purity is something that cannot be attained except by piling effort upon effort.

The basic meaning of etiquette is to be quick at both the beginning and end and tranquil in the middle.

The deepest love is often hidden.

You cannot tell whether a person is good or bad by his vicissitudes in life. Good and bad fortune are matters of fate.

There are few people who will make mistakes with fire after having once been burned.

All abilities come from one mind