As a man cannot be known by his looks, neither can the sea be fathomed by a gourd....

However strong you are, there's always someone stronger....

Riches are as worthless as dust; benevolence and justice are the most valuable things....

One generation plants the trees under whose shade another generation rests....

It is easy to find a thousand soldiers, but hard to find a good general....

Never burning incense when all is well, but clasping Buddha’s feet in an emergency....

A clear conscience sleeps even through thunder....

If you are poor, even if you live in a crowed city you will be alone. But if you are rich, even if you live in uninha......

Better to be a shard of jade than a whole tile....

Although knowing that tigers reside in the mountain, one still insists on walking up there....

A person of good sense needs no detailed explanation; a resonant drum needs no heavy beating....

Don't judge a horse by its saddle, and don't judge a person by his cloth....

Small as it is, the sparrow has all the vital organs....

As distance tests a horse’s strength, so does time reveal a person’s real character....

As long as the green hills remain, there’ll be no shortage of firewood....

When two tigers fight, one is sure to lose....

It takes bitter medicine to cure a disease properly, and it takes blunt advice to put us on the right track....

Old but vigorous, poor but ambitious....

The sea of suffering is boundless; yet a turn of the gear is the other shore....

Weakness lends wings to rumors....