1855 Proverbs about Chinese / Page 122
1211. 
He who hurries can not walk with dignity.
1212. 
If you want a crop for one year, grow grain; if you want a crop for ten years, grow a tree; if you want a crop for a hundred years, grow men.
1213. 
A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.
1214. 
When you drink from the stream remember the spring.
1215. 
The wise man shapes himself to circumstances as water shapes itself to the vessel that contains it.
1216. 
You must climb the mountain if you would see the plain.
1217. 
A clever person turns great troubles into little ones, and little ones into none at all.
1218. 
A hobbling cat is better than a fast horse when rats swarm the palace.
1219. 
A hundred no's are less agonizing than one insincere yes.
1220. 
A kind word warms for three winters.
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