1. The mountains never get too high and the water never gets too deep. Pride is the precursor to failure.

2. It is better to enrich yourself with knowledge than to dress yourself with pearls.

3. To praise oneself is to belittle oneself. Complacency is the end of wisdom.

4. Achievement is the ladder for the humble to advance and the slide for the proud to retreat.

5. Knowledge is the torch of wisdom.

6. Stars make the sky dazzling; knowledge enables people to increase their talents.

7. Read a book and gain wisdom.

8. People who tell lies are like firecrackers, they are over after one blast. Only when it is difficult to discern clearly can one be able to illuminate things; only when balance is balanced can one be able to weigh things.

9. Nothing will happen if you are not sincere, and nothing will happen if you are not open-minded. Those who are not self-righteous will be knowledgeable, and those who are not complacent will benefit.

10. Lush seedlings need water; growing teenagers need to learn.

11. A person who likes to brag is like a big drum, the sound is loud but the belly is hollow.

12. A humble person always thinks about his own shortcomings; a proud person always boasts about his own strengths.

13. A person who is quiet and taciturn may not be stupid, and a person who is chatty and eloquent may not be wise.

14. Bees pluck hundreds of flowers to make sweet wine, and people read books to understand the truth.

15. Buns have meat, not skin; people are knowledgeable and don’t talk about it.

16. Pride comes from shallowness, and arrogance comes from ignorance. Pride is the beginning of failure, and complacency is the end of wisdom.

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

18. When the water is full, it will overflow; when the moon is full, it will suffer losses; when you are complacent, you will be defeated; when you are conceited, you will be foolish.

19. If having a beard means you are knowledgeable, then a goat can also give lectures.

20. Food nourishes the body, and books enrich wisdom.

21. If you don’t eat, you will be hungry; if you don’t study, you will be stupid.

22. Humility makes people progress, pride makes people fall behind. A person with modesty will learn ten things as ten, and a proud person will learn one thing as ten things.

23. Make candles for clarity and read for reason.

24. A sword will become rusty if it is not sharpened; a person will fall behind if he does not learn.

25. Only when people are empty can they know others. If you are full, you will suffer losses, but if you are modest, you will benefit. If you are full, you will overflow; if you are arrogant, you will be defeated.

26. The stronger among the stronger, the stronger among them. Don’t boast in front of others. Satisfying present achievements suffocates the future.

27. If you don’t move forward, you won’t know how far you have to go; if you don’t study hard, you won’t understand the truth.

28. A broad river is calm, and a knowledgeable person is humble. Scholars are not afraid of their clothes being torn, but they are afraid that their stomachs will be empty.

29. Mount Tai is not fortified, and knowledge is not for boasting. The sky doesn't say anything about how high it is, and the earth doesn't say anything about how high it is.

30. Labor is the source of knowledge; knowledge is the guide to life.