A fool despises good counsel, but a wise man takes it to heart.

Try to remain truthful. The power of truth never declines. Force and violence may be effective in the short term, but in the long run it's truth that prevails.

Fools call wise men fools. A wise man never calls any man a fool.

The tongue of a fool is the key of his counsel, which, in a wise man, wisdom hath in keeping.

Here the ways of men part: if you wish to strive for peace of soul and pleasure, then believe; if you wish to be a devotee of truth, then inquire.

The world is afflicted by death and decay. But the wise do not grieve, having realized the nature of the world.