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

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.

Happiness is like a sunbeam, which the least shadow intercepts, while adversity is often as the rain of spring.

In the midst of great joy, do not promise anyone anything. In the midst of great anger, do not answer anyone's letter.

Parents who are afraid to put their foot down usually have children who step on their toes.

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

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

He who is not satisfied with himself will grow; he who is not sure of his own correctness will learn many things.

It is better to light a candle than to curse the darkness.

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