Chinese Proverb

If you want happiness for an hour -- take a nap. If you want happiness for a day -- go fishing. If you want happiness for a month -- get married. If you want happiness for a year -- inherit a fortune. If you want happiness for a lifetime -- help someone else.

Do not confine your children to your own learning, for they were born in another time.

Teachers open the door but you must walk through it yourself.

A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials.

Be not afraid of going slowly, be afraid only of standing still.

A man should choose a friend who is better than himself. There are plenty of acquaintances in the world; but very few real friends.

I hear and I forget, I see and I remember. I do and I understand.

With true friends... even water drunk together is sweet enough.

Deep doubts, deep wisdom; small doubts, little wisdom.

A wise man makes his own decisions, an ignorant man follows the public opinion.