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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.
Happiness, long life, and health, are the common desire of most men.
Happiness, long life, and health, are the common desire of most men.
Not the fastest horse can catch a word spoken in anger.
Not the fastest horse can catch a word spoken in anger.
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.
Not only can water float a boat, it can sink it also.
Not only can water float a boat, it can sink it also.
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.
Anger is always more harmful than the insult that caused it.
Anger is always more harmful than the insult that caused it.
To learn what is good, a thousand days are not sufficient; to learn what is evil, an hour is too read more
To learn what is good, a thousand days are not sufficient; to learn what is evil, an hour is too long.
A one hundred yard high tower still has its foundation on the ground.
A one hundred yard high tower still has its foundation on the ground.