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.
Keep a green tree alive in your heart, and a songbird may come to sing there.
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.
You have two lives the second one begins when you realize you only have one
With true friends . . . even water drunk together is sweet enough.
Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.
A bird can roost but on one branch. A mouse can drink no more than its fill from a river.
If a man plants melons he will reap melons if he sows beans he will reap beans.
Make happy those who are near and those who are far will come.
It is better to light a candle than to curse the darkness.
Married couples who love each other tell each other a thousand things without talking.
He who deliberates fully before taking a step will spend his entire life on one leg.
A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.
If heaven made him earth can find some use for him.
Words are mere bubbles of water but deeds are drops of gold.
Man's heart is never satisfied the snake would swallow the elephant.