It is no use to wait for your ship to come in unless you have sent one out.

Begin with an error of an inch and end by being a thousand miles off the mark.

When your horse in on the brink of a precipice, it is too late to pull the reins.

Thatch your roof before rainy weather; dig your well before you become parched with thirst.

If you want a crop for one year, grow millet. If you want a crop for ten years, grow a tree. If you want a crop for one hundred years, grow men.

Get the coffin ready and the man won’t die.

If you are planning for a year, sow rice; if you are planning for a decade, plant trees; if you are planning for a lifetime, educate people.

What good is running if you’re on the wrong road?

Choose your neighbors before you buy your house.

Any plan is bad that cannot be changed.