Quotes from Chinese proverb

One moment of patience may ward off great disaster. One moment of impatience may ruin a whole life.

A book is like a garden carried in the pocket.

To know the road ahead, ask those coming back.

Life begins the day you start a garden.

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

The fire you kindle for your enemy often burns yourself more than them.

Good sayings are like pearls strung together.

One cannot refuse to eat just because there is a chance of being choked.

Think of your faults the first part of the night when you are awake, and the faults of others the latter part of the night when you are asleep.

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

The miracle is not to fly in the air, or to walk on the water, but to walk on the earth.

To read a book for the first time is to make an acquaintance with a new friend; to read it for a second time is to meet an old one.

Every smile makes you a day younger.

A bit of fragrance clings to the hand that gives flowers.

A book holds a house of gold.

A book tightly shut is but a block of paper.

A closed mind is like a closed book just a block of wood.

A diamond with a flaw is worth more than a pebble without imperfections.

A filthy mouth will not utter decent language.

A fool judges people by the presents they give him.

A gem is not polished without rubbing, nor a man perfected without trials.

A thorn defends the rose, harming only those who would steal the blossom.

A thousand cups of wine do not suffice when true friends meet, but half a sentence is too much when there is no meeting of minds.

After three days without reading, talk becomes flavorless.