Words of wisdom from the elderly that enlighten people;
1. No one is closer than parents, and no one is nearer than spouses.
2. Without a three-point profit, who would get up at five in the morning?
3. Good people often sleep like patients, and patients often sleep like the dead.
4. At thirty, one should not be wild; at forty, one is wild; at fifty, one is in the peak of wildness.
5. A virtuous wife has no worries about a rich household; a filial child does not need the father to exert effort.
6. Pretending to understand when one does not leads to a lifetime of being a useless person.
7. Wealthy people should not be arrogant, and those without money should not bow down.
8. Better to starve than to work for relatives; better to die poor than to cultivate the father-in-law's fields.
9. Ignore bad people when encountered; do not get entangled with troublesome matters.
10. Painting a tiger and painting its skin is difficult; knowing a person’s face does not mean knowing their heart.
11. An old horse walks slowly, an old person talks slowly.
12. Playing with people loses virtue; playing with objects loses ambition.
13. Soft teeth do not attend funerals, soft flesh does not eat cold food.
14. Better to reveal one's flaws in public than to wear a golden face.
15. Do not do anything that would make you feel guilty; if someone knocks on your door at midnight, you should not be surprised.
16. What I gain is my fortune, what I lose is my fate.
17. There are acquaintances everywhere, but how many truly understand you?
18. It is better to speak less than to speak more, and better to speak well than to speak less.
19. A person who can endure a hundred grievances will have no worries; matters not thought through thrice will eventually lead to regret.
20. Human emotions are as thin as paper, and the world is like a chess game that is always changing.
21. One who cannot part with seedlings will not be able to embrace the ladle.
22. Do not look at the wife at home, but at the clothes on oneself.
23. Flies cannot stand blood, corrupt officials cannot stand money.
24. Without desires, the heart is naturally like water; with endeavors, what matters is more than trivial things.
25. A frail body invites illness; a weak heart invites ghosts.
26. Recognize principles rather than people; help the principle rather than relatives.
27. People harm others but cannot be harmed, heaven harms the grass but it cannot grow.
28. Better to be completely useless in front of people than to be partially useful in front of people.
29. People fear fame like pigs fear becoming fat; cattle fear whips and dogs fear sticks.
30. Only when books are needed do people regret having few; one does not understand the difficulty of matters without going through experiences.