A horse never runs so fast as when he has other horses to catch up and outpace. |
A man is sorry to be honest for nothing |
A new idea is delicate. It can be killed by a sneer or a yawn; it can be stabbed to death by a quip and worried to death by a frown on the right man's brow. |
A prince should be slow to punish, and quick to reward. |
A short absence is safest |
A woman is always buying something |
Add little to little and there will be a big pile |
All things change, nothing is extinguished. There is nothing in the whole world which is permanent. Everything flows onward; all things are brought into being with a changing nature; the ages themselves glide by in constant movement. |
All things change; nothing perishes |
All things human hang by a slender thread; and that which seemed to stand strong suddenly falls and sinks in ruins. |
All things human hang by a slender thread; and that which seemed to stand strong suddenly falls and sinks in ruins. |
Although they posses enough, and more than enough still they yearn for more. |
Always have your hook baited, in the pool you least think, there will be a fish. |
An anthill increases by accumulation. Medicine is consumed by distribution. That which is feared lessens by association. This is the thing to understand. |
An anthill increases by accumulation. Medicine is consumed by distribution. That which is feared lessens by association. This is the thing to understand. |