"Your eyes are always bigger than your..." - Quote by Confucius

“Those who cannot forgive others break the bridge over which they themselves must pass.”

“The superior man is universally minded and no partisan. The inferior man is a partisan and not universal.”

“What you do not want done to yourself, do not do to others.”

“The more objects you set your heart upon, the more thorns there are to tear your peace of mind to shreds.”

“Old men's prayers for death are lying prayers, in which they abuse old age and long extent of life. But when death draws near, not one is willing to die, and age no longer is a burden to them.”

“Violent pleasures which reach the soul through the body are generally of this sort-they are reliefs of pain.”

“Violent fires soon burn out themselves, small showers last long, but sudden storms are short; he tires betimes that spurs too fast.”

“Each of our passions, even love, has a stomach that must not be overloaded. We must in everything write the word 'finis' in time; we must restrain ourselves, when it becomes urgent; we must draw the bolt on the appetite, play a fantasia on the violin, then break the strings with our own hand. The Wise man is he who knows when and how to stop.”

“Fill your bowl to the brim and it will spill. Keep sharpening your knife and it will blunt.”