1. If jade is not polished, it will become useless. If people don’t learn, they don’t know. ("Book of Rites")

2. A thousand-mile embankment collapses in an ant nest. ("Han Feizi")

3. The heavenly net is vast, sparse and not leaking ("Laozi")

4. No one is a sage, and no one can make mistakes. ("Tang Fu")

5. The moon is faint and windy, and the base is moist and rainy. ("Su Xun of the Song Dynasty")

6. The beauty of application lies in one mind. ("History of the Song Dynasty")

7. It takes ten years to grow trees and a hundred years to cultivate people. ("Guanzi")

8. If you don't help yourself, you won't be able to straighten yourself. ("He Guanzi·Tian Le")

9. Those in authority are confused, but onlookers are clear. ("New Book of Tang")

10. Words are without words, but actions will not go far. (Confucius)

11. There is a reason for holding on, and the words make sense. ("Xunzi")

12. A ruler is shorter and an inch is longer. ("Songs of the Chu")

13. If you listen attentively, you will be enlightened; if you are stubborn and believe, you will be dark. ("Han·Wangfu")

14. If the skin is gone, how will the hair be attached? ("Zuo Zhuan")

15. Avoid his sharp energy and attack his laziness. ("Sun Tzu")

16. Born in sorrow and died in happiness. ("Mencius")

17. If something is wrong, correct it; if not, then encourage it. ("Zhu Xi of the Song Dynasty")

18. Never forgetting the past is the guide for the future. ("Warring States Policy")

19. What is lost in the east is gained in the mulberry tree. ("Book of the Later Han Dynasty")

20. If you don't enter the tiger's den, how can you catch the tiger's cubs? ("Book of the Later Han Dynasty")

21. Make further progress with every step taken. ("Song Dynasty·Shi Daoyuan")

22. It is better to have broken jade than complete tiles. ("Book of Northern Qi")

23. Wherever sincerity comes, gold and stone will open. ("Book of the Later Han Dynasty")

24. He who knows others is wise, and he who knows himself is wise. (Laozi)

25. The Duke of Zhou vomits food, and the world returns to its heart. (Cao Cao)

26. There is no beginning for failure, and there is an end for failure. (The Book of Songs)

27. Those who do will always succeed, and those who practice will always arrive. ("Yan Zi Chun Qiu")

28. The high mountains stand still and the scenery stops. ("The Book of Songs")

29. To do good is like ascending, and to do evil is like falling. ("Mandarin")

30. The mountains never get too high and the sea never gets too deep. (Cao Cao)

31. If the trees are beautiful in the forest, the wind will destroy them. ("The Theory of Destiny")

32. The spirit is aspiring to the eight extremes, and the mind is wandering far and wide. ("Wen Fu")

33. Give him a peach and repay him with a plum. ("The Book of Songs")

34. Work hard at reading and enjoy writing. (Yuan·Cheng Duanli)

35. Read it a hundred times, and its meaning will become apparent. ("Three Kingdoms")

36. Be worthy of heaven and not afraid of others. ("Book of Songs")

37. Quietness cultivates one's character, frugality cultivates virtue. ("The Book of Chengzi")

38. Great skill is like clumsiness, and great argumentation is like laziness.

("Laozi")