Great Throughts Treasury

"If you want a well, only dig in one place."

"Man's affairs are evaluated only after his coffin is closed."

"It is a bad plowman that quarrels with his ox."

"Man's extremity, God's opportunity."

"Man's mind changes throughout the course of a day."

"No sleep, no dream."

"Put off for one day and ten days will pass by."

"Power lasts ten years; influence not more than a hundred."

"Put something off for one day, and ten days will pass."

"One moment is worth more than a thousand gold pieces."

"Tap even a stone bridge before crossing."

"Remember, even monkeys fall out of trees."

"The bull that is used to the sun shivers by the light of the moon."

"Tall branches are apt to be broken."

"The deeper the waters are, the more still they run."

"The bad calligrapher is choosy about his brushes."

"The bad plowman quarrels with his ox"

"The frog forgets that he was once a tadpole."

"The matchmaker gets three cups of wine when he succeeds and three slaps on the cheek when he fails."

"The nicest woman is your own; the nicest harvest is your neighbors."

"The person who has many faults is usually the first to criticize others."

"The Voice of the ancestor brings enlightenment."

"Three years will eradicate even murderous thoughts."

"The person who knows himself and his opponent will be invincible."

"There is no flower that lasts ten days and no might lasts ten years."

"Through old things, we learn new things."

"There is no winter without snow, no spring without sunshine, and no happiness without companions."

"To be prepared is to have no anxiety."

"To begin is to be half done."

"Virginity can be lost in one night."

"Useful trees are cut down first."

"When you have three daughters, you sleep with the door open."

"Wise men philosophize as the fools live on."

"Woman was born three days earlier than the devil."

"You cannot strike a face that is smiling."

"Words have no wings but they can fly a thousand miles."