Chinese proverbs:

• Enough feathers can sink a boat.
• Laziness in youth spells regret in old age.
• The dog that bites won’t bare his teeth.
• Full of courtesy, full of craft.
• Suspicions create imaginary fears.
• No clouds, no rain; no rules, no gain.
• One fight sullies two persons; one compromise benefits two persons.
• Walk a road and it becomes familiar; do a job and it becomes easy.
• Worry doesn’t seek out people — people find worry on their own.
• Three people of a common mind can conquer the world.
• The going is toughest toward the end of a journey.
• The guilty party is the first to sue.
• If you fall down by yourself, get up by yourself.
• Thieves in the dark hate the moonlight.
• Every drama requires a fool.
• Perseverance is worth more than a vast estate.
• Prolonged illness makes a doctor of a patient.
• Smart people also do stupid things.
• The masses decide what is right and wrong.
• Gossip won’t harm a good person as stirring won’t spoil good wine.

And “Learning is like paddling a canoe against the current — you will regress if you don’t advance.”

“How happy many people would be if they cared about other people’s affairs as little as about their own.” — G.C. Lichtenberg

“Most people enjoy the inferiority of their best friends.” — Lord Chesterfield

“We all have strength enough to endure the misfortunes of others.” — La Rochefoucauld

“I set it down as a fact that if all men knew what each said of the other, there would not be four friends in the world.” — Pascal