Better to have a known enemy than a forced ally.

When you have to hold a hot coffee-pot, it is better not to break the handle off.

Don't gain the world and lose your soul, wisdom is better than silver or gold.

If I hit you and you hit me and I hit you back and you hit me back and go on, you see, that goes on ad infinitum. It just never ends. Somewhere somebody must have a little sense, and that's the strong person.

Read less, study less, but think more.

How blissful it is, for one who has nothing. Attainers-of-wisdom are people with nothing. See him suffering, one who has something, a person bound in mind with people.