When a broken tank is filled with water, It certainly will leak on every side. Weak men who grow rich Seldom leave an inheritance.

Much talking is the cause of danger. Silence is the means of avoiding misfortune. The talkative parrot is shut up in a cage. Other birds, without speech, fly freely about.

The holy man, though he be distressed, does not eat food mixed with wickedness. The lion, though hungry, will not eat what is unclean.

It may be doubtful, at first, whether a person is an enemy or friend. Meat, if not properly digested, becomes poison; But poison, if used rightly, may turn medicinal.

By depending on the great, The small may rise high. See: the little plant ascending the tall tree Has climbed to the top.

Great affection is often the cause of violent animosity. The quarrels of men often arise from too great a familiarity.

If one is intelligent and applies himself well, what can he not accomplish? Even small bands of people, I have heard, have defeated whole armies.

If a wise man behaves prudently, how can he be overcome by his enemies? Even a single man, by right action, can overcome a host of foes.

With gifts, you may gather your enemies about you. When giving nothing, even your own family will leave.

It's not your job to judge or to decide if someone deserves something. It's your job to lift the fallen and comfort the broken.

Forgiveness is the highest form of a gift of kindness and it brings freedom from the prison of hatred and revenge.

Whatever you do, be sure to do it well.

What's really exciting for me is communicating to other people and not just going somewhere to make a movie. That's Hollywood to me and it would mean nothing.

My heart, independent of my logic, had reserved a place for my tormentor and my solace.

We ask the public to believe that every time they see an actress or actor that they are a different person.

Nothing is more likely to start me screaming like a madwoman than New York in February with its piles of blackened snow full of yellow holes drilled by dogs.

I believe in the old and sound rule that an ounce of sweat will save a gallon of blood.

When I finish a painting, it usually looks as surprising to me as to anyone else.

I think our system is being polluted by money.