To be fully fed and warmly clothed, and dwell at ease without learning, is little better than a bestial state.
A woman in one house cannot eat the rice of two. (A wise woman does not marry again.)
Though the sword be sharp, it will not wound the innocent.
Sensuality is the chief of sins, filial duty the best of acts.
Prosperity is a blessing to the good, but to the evil it is a curse.
Instruction pervades the heart of the wise, but cannot penetrate the ears of a fool.
The straightest trees are first felled; the cleanest wells first drunk up.
The yielding tongue endures; the stubborn teeth perish.
The life of the aged is like a candle placed between two doors—easily blown out.
The blind have the best ears, and the deaf the sharpest eyes.