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 decorate 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 go off once. 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 humble. 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.