The learned are envied by the foolish; rich men by the poor; chaste women by adulteresses; and beautiful ladies by ugly ones.

Long is the night to him who is awake; long is a mile to him who is tired; long is life to the foolish who do not know the true law.

Even a pandit comes to grief by giving instruction to a foolish disciple, by maintaining a wicked wife, and by excessive familiarity with the miserable.

The foolish man conceives the idea of 'self.' The wise man sees there is no ground on which to build the idea of 'self;' thus, he has a right conception of the world and well concludes that all compounds amassed by sorrow will be dissolved again, but the truth will remain.

The beauty of love. The love of beauty. The greener you are, the wiser you will be.

The people who were trying to make this world worse are not taking the day off. Why should I?