From The Son Of Heaven Down To

Respect The Gods, But Have As Little To Do With Them As Possible.

Let Our Reason, And Not Our Senses, Be The Rule Of Our Conduct; For Reason Will Teach Us To Think Wisely, To Speak Prudently, And To Behave Worthily.

There Are 1,000 Lessons In Defeat. But Only One In Victory.

The Small Man Thinks That Small Acts Of Goodness Are Of No Benefit, And Does Not Do Them; And That Small Deeds Of Evil Do No Harm, And Does Not Refrain From Them. Hence, His Wickedness Becomes So Great That It Cannot Be Concealed, And His Guilt So Great That It Cannot Be Pardoned.

Only After Winter Comes Do We Know That The Pine And The Cypress Are The Last To Fade.