Not only can water float a boat, it can sink it also.

Not only can water float a boat, it can sink it also.

Keep a green tree in your heart, and maybe one day a bird will come.

Keep a green tree in your heart, and maybe one day a bird will come.

Do not fear going forward slowly; fear only to stand still.

Do not fear going forward slowly; fear only to stand still.

Only the dreamer shall understand realities, though in truth his dreaming must be not out of proportion to his waking.

Only the dreamer shall understand realities, though in truth his dreaming must be not out of proportion to his waking.

It is easy to avoid an arrow shot in one's sight; but hard to escape one aimed in secret.

It is easy to avoid an arrow shot in one's sight; but hard to escape one aimed in secret.

No one knows how difficult anything is until he has tried to do it.

No one knows how difficult anything is until he has tried to do it.

There are two perfect men; one dead, and the other unborn.

There are two perfect men; one dead, and the other unborn.

To talk much and arrive nowhere is the same as climbing a tree to catch a fish.

To talk much and arrive nowhere is the same as climbing a tree to catch a fish.

A dog won't forsake his master because of his poverty; a son never deserts his mother for her homely appearance.

A dog won't forsake his master because of his poverty; a son never deserts his mother for her homely appearance.