Better to have a known enemy than a forced ally.

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

Read less, study less, but think more.

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

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.

A wise man should not divulge the formula of a medicine which he has well prepared; an act of charity which he has performed; domestic conflicts; private affairs with his wife; poorly prepared food he may have been offered; or slang he may have heard.