"A good fortune may forbode a bad luck, which may in turn disguise a good fortune."

-- Chinese proverb

"It is easier to go up into the mountains to catch tigers than to ask others for help."

-- Chinese proverb

"Continually give

Continually gain."

-- Chinese proverb

"If you want happiness for an hour, take a nap.

If you want happiness for a day, go fishing.

If you want happiness for a year, inherit a fortune.

If you want happiness for a lifetime, help someone else."

-- Chinese proverb

"Tension is who you think you should be. Relaxation os who you are."

-- Chinese proverb

"The gem cannot be polished without friction nor man perfected without trials."

-- Chinese proverb

"The gem cannot be polished without friction, nor man perfected without trials."

-- Chinese proverb

"Teachers open the door, you enter by yourself."

-- Chinese proverb

"If you can command yourself, you can command the world."

-- Chinese proverb

"You cannot prevent the birds of sorrow from flying overhead, but you can prevent them from building nests in your hair."

-- Chinese proverb

"The whole world is you, yet you keep thinking there is something else."

-- Chinese proverb

"Blame yourself as you would blame others; excuse yourself as you would excuse others."

-- Chinese proverb

"He who tells me my faults is my teacher; he who tells me my virtues does me harm."

-- Chinese proverb

"There is many a good man found under a shabby hat."

-- Chinese proverb

"Lock your door and keep your neighbor honest."

-- Chinese proverb

"If you wish to know the mind of a man, listen to his words."

-- Chinese proverb

"Even though you have a thousand fields, you can eat but one measure of rice a day; even though your dwelling contains a thousand rooms, you can use but eight feet of space at night."

-- Chinese proverb

"Better to do a good deed near at home than go far away to burn incense."

-- Chinese proverb

"A single conversation across the table with a wise man is worth a month's study of books."

-- Chinese proverb

"The fifth cup of tea between friends is the best."

-- Chinese proverb