“Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without one.”
“A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.”
“Of all the thirty-six alternatives, running away is best.”
“A great fortune depends on luck, a small one on diligence.”
“Respect for ones parents is the highest duty of civil life.”
“The palest ink lasts longer than the most retentive memory.”
“If you wish to know the mind of a man, listen to his words.”
“Beauty is the wisdom of women. Wisdom is the beauty of men.”
“Better to light one small candle than to curse the darkness.”
“Teachers open the door but you must walk through it yourself.”
“I dreamed a thousand new paths. I woke and walked my old one.”
“Riches: A dream in the night. Fame: A gull floating on water.”
“Learning is a treasure that will follow its owner everywhere.”
“The journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.”
“Govern a family as you would cook a small fish -- very gently.”
“The beginning of wisdom is to call things by their right names.”
“With true friends... even water drunk together is sweet enough.”
“If I keep a green bough in my heart, the singing bird will come.”
“Be not afraid of going slowly, be afraid only of standing still.”
“I hear and I forget, I see and I remember. I do and I understand.”
“Do not use a hatchet to remove a fly from your friend's forehead.”
“There are two perfectly good men, one dead, and the other unborn.”
“Experience is a comb which nature gives to men when they are bald.”
“Man is the head of the family, woman the neck that turns the head.”
“One never needs their humor as much a when they argue with a fool.”
“To understand your parents' love you must raise children yourself.”
“To climb a tree to catch a fish is talking much and doing nothing.”
“Those who do not study are only cattle dressed up in men's clothes.”
“Better do a good deed near at home than go far away to burn incense.”
“The greatest conqueror is he who overcomes the enemy without a blow.”