1. If you want to live a good life, the three treasures are hard work, frugality and savings.

2. Do things according to natural principles and speak in accordance with people's hearts.

3. Looking for an official position is like a rat, and getting an official position is like a tiger.

4. Losing money is a small matter, but losing time is a big deal.

5. Women are afraid of choosing the wrong man, and people are afraid of choosing the wrong line of work.

6. If you are not afraid of others being disrespectful, you are afraid of being unfair to yourself.

7. To find a penny, light a candle.

8. The soil that produces genius is more difficult than genius.

9. Life is full of grass and autumn.

10. Time is a great and fair judge.

11. When it comes to eating, it’s home-cooked meals, and when it comes to wearing coarse clothes.

12. A diligent person is the master of time, and a lazy person is a slave of time.

13. Wisdom is not in age, wisdom is hidden in the brain.

14. Perseverance builds the road to heaven, and courage opens the door to wisdom.

15. If you use it properly, you will spend a lot of money; if you don’t use it, you will spend nothing.

16. There is a sky that cannot be climbed, and there is no level that cannot be passed.

17. Don’t be afraid of being ignorant, but be afraid of being short of ambition.

18. Now that winter has arrived, can spring be far behind?

19. Lessons from failure and experience from success.

20. People are refined in the world, and the sword is sharpened on the stone.

21. Drink soup before eating to avoid getting hurt when you get old.

22. The Yamen of Tianxia open to the south, so don’t come in if you have reason or no money.

23. The most precious wealth is the use of time, and the greatest waste is wasted time.

24. Where there are mountains, there must be roads; where there are rivers, there must be crossings.

25. It doesn’t depend on the sky, it all depends on the two hands.

26. If you are right, don’t talk too high, but if you have something to say, it is right in front of you.

27. Things often go against people's expectations, and things always depend on man-made efforts.

28. A handful of ash from one sweet potato tree will produce a lot of sweet potatoes.

29. Harvest depends on labor and fitness depends on exercise.

30. If you are not afraid of high mountains, you are afraid of weak feet.

31. There is a bottomless pit of waste, and you will have nothing to lose.

32. It rains in the morning until dawn, and it rains until dawn in the evening.

33. Listening to your words is worth ten years of reading.

34. One scale comes and a hundred scales go.

35. Time flies like an arrow, and the sun and the moon fly like a shuttle.

36. It is difficult to cover two ears with one hand, and it is difficult to board two ships with one foot.

37. People have human speech, and animals have animal speech.

38. If people have perseverance, everything will be successful; if people have no perseverance, everything will be in vain.

39. Don’t open a shop if you don’t have a smiling face, and you will end up trying to smooth things over.

40. Don’t be afraid of the long road, but be afraid of the shortcomings.