A bird does not sing because it has an answer. It sings because it has a song.
A child’s life is like a piece of paper on which every person leaves a mark.
A fool judges people by the presents they give him.
Outside noisy; inside empty.
The person who says it cannot be done should not interrupt the person doing it.
When you say one thing, the clever person understands three.
No coincidence, no story.
The mountains are high, and the emperor is far.
A gem is not polished without rubbing, nor a man perfected without trials.
Be not afraid of growing slowly, be afraid only of standing still.
Deep doubts, deep wisdom; small doubts, little wisdom.
A nation’s treasure is in its scholars.
The swiftest horse can’t overtake a word once spoken.
Before telling secrets on the road, look in the bushes.
A bad word whispered echoes a hundred miles.
In a flood of words, surely some mistakes.
A sharp tongue or pen can kill without a knife.
If the first words fail, ten thousand will then not avail.
Watching chess games in silence. . .a superior person.
The judge with seven reasons states only one in court.
If you want no one to know, don’t do it.
If you want your dinner, don’t insult the cook.
Honest scales and full measure hurt no one.
Divide an orange–it tastes just as good.
If you always give you will always have.
Better lean and good than fat and evil.
To build it took one hundred years; to destroy it one day.
To know the road ahead, ask those returning.
Touch black paint, have black fingers.
To succeed, consult three old people.
If you hurry through long days, you will hurry through short years.
The ripest fruit falls by itself.
Simple to open a shop; another thing to keep it open.
What you don’t see, you don’t desire.
Neither fortunes nor flowers last forever.
An inch of gold can’t buy an inch of time.
Don’t waste your hour–the sun sets soon.
My life–a candle in the wind. . . frost on the leaves.
Nurture the plant one year–ten days of flowers.
Slow work - fine work.
A good teacher. . . better than a container full of books
