“If you want to shine, sit before a lamp; if you want to shine brighter, sit before a fire; but if you want to shine the brightest, sit before a sage.”

“What you conquer in your youth is your trophy in adulthood.”

“The mind does not need four walls to make you its prisoner.”

“Danger is opportunity inside out.”

“Pride destroys a man quicker than ignorance.”

“If you have shed a thousand tears, expect a thousand blessings.”

“Experience is a collection of our successes and failures.”

“A wound won't heal if you keep touching it.”

“The heart you kiss today, the lips you kiss tomorrow.”

“Don't wound someone's eye trying to remove the twig from it.”

“A face can have a thousand wrinkles, but the soul have none.”