Beware of befriending wolves; remember, they are only loyal to their appetite.
A rose does not lose sleep because it was mocked by weeds.
Knowledge is strength, understanding is mastery, and wisdom is power.
Wisdom is intelligence set on fire.
The greatest evidence of what is inside of a seed is its fruit.
If you touch a wound while it is healing, you will prolong it.
The early bird gets the first worm, but the wisest bird gets the fattest one.
We all come into the world rocks, but the enlightened leave it diamonds.
If you serve two masters, either of them may punish you for serving the other.
A tree is naked, no matter how big, if it does not have leaves.
Pleasure is a kind servant, but a cruel master.
Sages see further with their eyes closed than scholars with their eyes open.
If the sun shone for itself, it would be blinded by its own light; if a river flowed for itself, it would be drowned by its own weight.
An ugly candle that lights up a home is better than a beautiful lamp that merely decorates a room.
A bird cannot fly upward if each wing is flapping in a different direction.
If a bird does not bring out all of the songs on its heart, all its symphonies die inside.
You can curse the sun a thousand times, but cannot keep it from shining, even for a day.
You cannot drown a fish in the ocean, no matter how deep you sink it.
It is in vain to stone the sky, no matter how big the rock is.
The mind speaks, thought it does not have lips. The heart moves, though it does not have feet. The soul rises, though it does not have wings.
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