If You Were Foolish Enough To Sing

He Who Plots To Hurt Others Often Hurts Himself.

Men Often Bear Little Grievances With Less Courage Than They Do Large Misfortunes.

A Consciousness Of Misfortunes Arising From A Man's Own Misconduct Aggravates Their Bitterness.

Don't Neglect The Future In Times Of Plenty, For Tomorrow You May Need What You Wasted Today.

A Farmer Who Had A Quarrelsome Family Called His Sons And Told Them To Lay A Bunch Of Sticks Before Him. Then, After Laying The Sticks Parallel To One Another And Binding Them, He Challenged His Sons, One After One, To Pick Up The Bundle And Break It. They All Tried, But In Vain. Then, Untying The Bundle, He Gave Them The Sticks To Break One By One. This They Did With The Greatest Ease. Then Said The Father, "thus, My Sons, As Long As You Remain United, You Are A Match For Anything, But Differ And Separate, And You Are Undone".