Better be too credulous than too skeptical
Be not afraid of going slowly, be afraid only of standing still.
If you are in the business of revenge, then you better dig two graves.
I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.
Blame yourself if you have no branches or leaves don't accuse the sun of partiality.
Be not afraid of growing slowly be afraid only of standing still.
With true friends . . . even water drunk together is sweet enough.
Keep a green tree alive in your heart, and a songbird may come to sing there.
You have two lives the second one begins when you realize you only have one
If heaven made him earth can find some use for him.
If you don't want anyone to know it don't do it.
A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.
Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.
If a man plants melons he will reap melons if he sows beans he will reap beans.
Always take an emergency leisurely.
It is better to light a candle than to curse the darkness.
A bird can roost but on one branch. A mouse can drink no more than its fill from a river.
Misfortunes come to all men.
Married couples who love each other tell each other a thousand things without talking.
Make happy those who are near and those who are far will come.