Fortune Is An Evil Chain

Difficulties Are Things That Show A Person What They Are.

If You Wish To Live A Life Free From Sorrow, Think Of What Is Going To Happen As If It Had Already Happened.

The World Turns Aside To Let Any Man Pass Who Knows Where He Is Going.

Don't Just Say You Have Read Books. Show That Through Them You Have Learned To Think Better, To Be A More Discriminating And Reflective Person. Books Are The Training Weights Of The Mind. They Are Very Helpful, But It Would Be A Bad Mistake To Suppose That One Has Made Progress Simply By Having Internalized Their Contents." Translation By Sharon Lebell

Contentment Comes Not So Much From Great Wealth As From Few Wants.