1. If you don’t experience the cold of winter, you won’t know the warmth of spring.

2. Don’t be afraid of tigers and wolves sitting in front of you, but be afraid of being cut off from both sides.

3. When the mountain is high, there is a way to climb, and when the road is far, there is a way to run.

4. As long as there are no clouds in the sky and no rain, nothing will happen in the world.

5. People look to the big place, and birds fly to high places.

6. If you are fooled the first time, you will be enlightened the second time.

7. Conquer the population with force and convince people with reason.

8. A thousand views are not as good as a thousand learnings, and a thousand views are not as good as one practice.

9. People are really good, but ginger is old and spicy.

10. If you don’t thank the doctor for your recovery, there will be no doctor next time.

11. Persuading people will always be beneficial, but instigating people will do endless harm.

12. Only when you are in charge do you know that salt and rice are expensive, and only when you go out do you know that the road is difficult.

13. The tongue is made of flesh, the fact is ironclad.

14. Striking water will turn into waves, hitting rocks will turn into fire, and irritating people will cause disaster.

15. A villain holds a grudge, but a gentleman is grateful.

16. Only by enduring hardship can one become a master.

17. We can only build bridges and pave roads, but there are no bridges or roads.

18. People rely on self-cultivation, and trees rely on people to cultivate.

19. You can only save people, not drag them down.

20. A bird cherishes its feathers, a tiger cherishes its skin, and a man cherishes his face.

21. If you don’t enter the tiger’s den, you won’t get the tiger’s cubs.

22. If you don’t have a family, you don’t know how expensive firewood and rice are; if you don’t have children, you don’t know the kindness of your parents.

23. It is better to recite Buddha’s name than to curse others.

24. Put reason into action and use good steel to the blade.

25. Gentlemen quarrel with each other, while villains quarrel with each other.

26. The old tree is half hollow, but the old man knows everything.

27. I would rather wear my friend’s clothes than touch my friend’s wife.

28. Don’t do to others what you don’t want others to do to you.

29. Giving people a favor is a gift, but there is no rice in the pot.

30. Children in the mountains are not afraid of wolves, and children in the city are not afraid of officials.

31. You can only persuade others to reconcile, but not to divorce.

32. If old people don’t talk about the past, future generations will be wrong.

33. It is better to plant flowers and share the world than to harm others.

34. The heart is separated from the belly, and people look at their behavior.

35. After ten years of training, you can become a good literary scholar, but after ten years of training, you will not be a good scholar.

36. If the water is not level, let it flow; if the reason is not level, let it flow.

37. People have their own reasons, and horses have their reins.

38. Blacksmiths should hold the tongs themselves, and farmers should go to the fields themselves.

39. People practice in the world, and the sword is sharpened on the stone.

40. People are afraid of selfishness, and the land is afraid of desolation.