An immature ear of corn appears first.

Darkness reigns at the foot of the lighthouse.

Be master OF mind rather than mastered BY mind.

The smallest good deed is better than the grandest good intention.

The wind howls, but the mountain remains still.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

Even the Devil was handsome at eighteen.

A father's goodness is higher than the mountain, a mother's goodness deeper than the sea.

A single arrow is easily broken, but not ten in a bundle.

Man's life is like the morning dew.

If man has no tea in him, he is incapable of understanding truth and beauty.

Fear is only as deep as the mind allows.

Carelessness is a great enemy.

What you don't sweat out when you're young will turn into tears when you're old.

Life without endeavor is like entering a jewel mine and coming out with empty hands.

When you have children yourself,
you begin to understand what you owe your parents.

The second word makes the quarrel.

Vision without execution is a daydream. Execution without vision is a nightmare.

If there is love, smallpox scars are as pretty as dimples.

We're fools whether we dance or not, so we might as well dance.