"When a man feels the difficulty of..." - Quote by Confucius

“There are three methods to gaining wisdom. The first is reflection, which is the highest. The second is limitation, which is the easiest. The third is experience, which is the bitterest.”

“By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest.”

“If you did not do so for the sake of riches,You must have done so for the sake of novelty.”

“It is madness to risk losing what you need in pursuing what you simply desire.”

“Be not sick too late, nor well too soon”

“Wary, as if surrounded by strangers.”

“One always speaks badly when one has nothing to say.”

“It is given to few persons to keep this secret well. Those who lay down rules too often break them, and the safest we are able to give is to listen much, to speak little, and to say nothing that that will ever give ground or regret.”

“There is no true orator who is not a hero.”