1. Intelligence comes from hard work, and genius comes from accumulation.

2. No matter how good the seeds are, if they are not sown, they will not bear fruit.

3. Genius lies in accumulation; intelligence lies in diligence.

4. Humility is the friend of learning, and complacency is the enemy of learning.

5. People must be patient, especially confident.

6. Don’t be afraid of strong points when attacking a city. Don’t be embarrassed when studying. There are dangers in science and you can overcome them by fighting hard.

7. Understanding your own ignorance means you have gained something.

8. If you don’t step on the muddy path, you won’t be able to step onto the road covered with flowers.

9. Without learning, there is no way to expand talents, and without ambition, there is no way to achieve learning.

10. Forget failure, but remember the lessons learned from failure.

11. For warriors, poverty, illness, embarrassment, blame, slander, cynicism, and all oppression are the driving force for progress.

12. If a tree is not cultivated, it will not grow straight; if a person does not learn, he will have no knowledge.

13. Bad books teach wrong concepts and make ignorant people even more ignorant.

14. An inch of time is worth an inch of gold, but an inch of gold cannot buy an inch of time.

15. Accumulating knowledge is better than accumulating gold and silver. (European proverb)

16. Only by hard work and upward exploration can the curved bamboo whip turn into a straight bamboo.

17. Genius is nothing more than long-term patience, work hard!

18. If you lack the courage to break out of the ground and fight against the wind and snow, the future of a seed will be no better than that of a fallen leaf.