A ship is always safe at the shore - but that is NOT what it is built for.

Only parts of us will ever touch only parts of others.

Eschew wicked company and associate with saintly persons. Acquire virtue day and night, and always meditate on that which is eternal, forgetting that which is temporary.

It is unwise to be too sure of one's own wisdom.

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

Beauty is spoiled by an immoral nature; noble birth by bad conduct; learning, without being perfected; and wealth by not being properly utilised.