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

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

If I keep a green bough in my heart, the singing bird will come.

If a man fools me once, shame on him. If he fools me twice, shame on me.

If heaven drops a date, open your mouth.

If we do not change our direction, we are likely to end up where we are headed.

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

If you are planning for one year, grow rice. If you are planning for 20 years grow trees. If you are planning for centuries, grow men.

If you are poor, though you dwell in the busy marketplace, no one will inquire about you; if you are rich, though you dwell in the heart of the mountains, you will have distant relatives.

If you bow at all, bow low.

If you can command yourself, you can command the world.

If you get up one more time than you fall you will make it through.

If you have two loaves of bread, sell one and buy a lily.

If you must play, decide upon three things at the start; the rules of the game, the stakes, and the quitting time.

If you stand straight, do not fear a crooked shadow.

If you suspect a man, don't employ him, and if you employ him, don't suspect him.

If you wish to know the mind of a man, listen to his words.

If your strength is small, don't carry heavy burdens. If your words are worthless, don't give advice.

In a broken nest there are few whole eggs.

In shallow waters, shrimps make fools of dragons.