What is good is not necessarily beautiful.
When a girl in the teahouse smiles at you, look the other way.
When someone offends you, you haven't given him enough love.
When ten thousand soldiers lie rotting, the general's reputation is enhanced.
When the character of a man is not clear to you, look at his friends.
When the heat has passed, you forget about the shade of trees.
When the heat has past, you forget about the shade tree.
When the moon is full, it begins to wane.
When there are two fires in one room, only one will smoke.
When you are looking upwards you see no frontiers.
When you are polite, the others think they are wearing flowers.
When you are thirsty, it's too late to think of digging the well.
When you do something wholeheartedly, you are not in need of helpers.
When you have a good government the grass will grow over your troubles.
When you have children yourself, you begin to understand what you owe your parents.
When you reject gifts from heaven you will be rewarded in hell.
When you talk about future happenings the devil starts to laugh.
When you're dying of thirst it's too late to dig a well.
Where profit is, loss is hiding nearby.
Where there is fish, there is water.
Where there is laughter happiness likes to be.
