Chinese proverbs...

To talk much and arrive nowhere is the same as climbing a tree to catch a fish

Outside noisy, inside empty

One generation plants the trees, and another gets the shade

There are many paths to the top of the mountain, but the view is always the same

He who depends on himself will attain the greatest happiness.

Kissing is like drinking salted water: you drink and your thirst increases

If you don’t want anyone to know it, don’t do it

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

Be not disturbed at being misunderstood; be disturbed rather at not being understanding

Great souls have wills; feeble ones have only wishes.

The palest ink is better than the sharpest memory

Flowers leave some of their fragrance in the hand that bestows them

I dreamed a thousand new paths. . . I woke and walked my old one.

If you are planning for a year, sow rice; if you are planning for a decade, plant trees; if you are planning for a lifetime, educate people

Just as tall trees are known by their shadows, so are good men known by their enemies

hen the heart is at ease, the body is healthy

After three days without reading, talk becomes flavorless

The error of one moment becomes the sorrow of a whole life

Pleasure for one hour, a bottle of wine. Pleasure for one year a marriage; but pleasure for a lifetime, a garden

He who seeks vengeance must dig two graves: one for his enemy and one for himself

Do not anxiously hope for that which is not yet come; do not vainly regret what is already past

To persecute the unfortunate is like throwing stones on one fallen into a well

Failure is not falling down but refusing to get up.

The beginning of wisdom is to call things by their right names

Don’t consider your reputation and you may do anything you like

If you want happiness for a lifetime – help the next generation.

Men in the game are blind to what men looking on see clearly

Make happy those who are near, and those who are far will come

A bit of fragrance clings to the hand that gives flowers.

A book holds a house of gold.

A book is like a garden carried in the pocket.

A book tightly shut is but a block of paper.

A child’s life is like a piece of paper on which every person leaves a mark.

A diamond with a flaw is worth more than a pebble without imperfections.

A filthy mouth will not utter decent language.

A fool judges people by the presents they give him.

A gem is not polished without rubbing, nor a man perfected without trials.

A nation’s treasure is in its scholars.

A rat who gnaws at a cat’s tail invites destruction.

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

Be the first to the field and the last to the couch.

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

Dig the well before you are thirsty.

Do good, reap good; do evil, reap evil.

Do not employ handsome servants.

Do not fear going forward slowly; fear only to stand still.

Do not remove a fly from your friend’s forehead with a hatchet.

Don’t open a shop unless you like to smile.

Each generation will reap what the former generation has sown.

Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.

He who asks is a fool for five minutes, but he who does not ask remains a fool forever.

He who is drowned is not troubled by the rain.

He who strikes the first blow admits he’s lost the argument.

If heaven made him, earth can find some use for him.

If you are patient in one moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow.

If you bow at all, bow low.

If you don’t want anyone to know, don’t do it.