The Journey With A 1000 Miles Begins

Just As Lavishness Leads Easily To Presumption, So Does Frugality To Meanness. But Meanness Is A Far Less Serious Fault Than Presumption.

The Great Man Is Sparing In Words But Prodigal In Deeds.

As In The Case Of Making A Mound, If, Before The Very Last Basketful, I Stop, Then I Shall Have Stopped. As In The Case Of Leveling The Ground, If, Though Tipping Only One Basketful, I Am Going Forward, Then I Shall Be Making Progress.

Gravity Is Only The Bark Of Wisdom's Tree, But It Preserves It.

In Old Days Men Studied For The Sake Of Self-improvement; Nowadays Men Study In Order To Impress Other People.