1. A day without books means everything is in ruins.

2. Books are like medicine. Good reading can cure stupidity.

3. Few but eager to learn, like the rising sun; strong but eager to learn, like the light in the sun; ambitious yet eager to learn, like the light of a candle.

4. Having no money is called poverty, and learning but not being able to practice is called illness.

5. Everyone knows that eating makes you hungry, but if you don’t know, learning makes you stupid.

6. Using books as a charioteer will not fulfill the feelings of a horse; using the ancient to control the present will not achieve changes in things.