Before Beginning, Prepare Carefully.

History Is Truely The Witness Of Times Past, The Light Of Truth, The Life Of Memory, The Teacher Of Life, The Messenger Of Antiquity.

For Even If The Allotted Space Of Life Be Short, It Is Long Enough In Which To Live Honorably And Well.

It Is Disgraceful When The Passers-by Exclaim, "o Ancient House! Alas, How Unlike Is Thy Present Master To Thy Former One.

It Is Foolish To Tear One's Hair In Grief, As Though Sorrow Would Be Made Less By Baldness.

Judge Not By The Number, But By The Weight.