Man as an individual is a genius. But men in the mass form the headless monster, a great, brutish idiot that goes where prodded.

Try to become not a man of success, but try rather to become a man of value.

A man's true character comes out when he's drunk.

Six hours sleep for a man, seven for a woman and eight for a fool.

The wise man should restrain his senses like the crane and accomplish his purpose with due knowledge of his place, time and ability.

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.