It's good to learn from your mistakes. It's better to learn from other people's mistakes.

There are three gems upon this earth; food, water, and pleasing words. Fools consider pieces of rocks as gems.

He who has access to the fountain does not go to the water-pot.

The small wisdom is like water in a glass: clear, transparent, pure. The great wisdom is like the water in the sea: dark, mysterious, impenetrable.

Blaming the wolf would not help the sheep much. The sheep must learn not to fall in the clutches of the wolf.

If you hold a cat by the tail you learn things you cannot learn any other way.