If we do not change our direction, we are likely to end up where we are headed.
If you are going to have a roast, a chicken is better than a phoenix.
If you are hunting for a red deer then ignore the hares.
If you are in a hurry, go via the roundabout.
If you are married to a chicken obey the chicken. If you are married to a dog obey the dog.
If you are not a fish, how can you know if the fish are happy?
If you are not so strong, don't carry heavy burdens.
If you are patient in one moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow.
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.
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 do without something for long enough, then you don't need it.
If you don't scale the mountain, you can't view the plain.
If you don't want to be cheated, ask the price at three shops.
If you get up one more time than you fall you will make it through.
If you have money and wine, your friends will be many.
If you have never done anything evil, you should not be worrying about devils knocking at your door.
If you have nothing else to offer me, offer me your smile.
If you have two loaves of bread, sell one and buy a lily.
