Four things do not come back: the spoken word, the sped arrow, the past life, and the neglected opportunity.

Ted Chiang

Life is too important to be taken seriously.

Oscar Wilde

It is a great compliment for an honest person to be mistaken for a crook by a crook.

Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Chop your own wood and it will warm you twice.

Henry Ford

The bamboo that bends is stronger than the oak that resists.

Japanese Proverb

No shame in asking questions, even to people of lower status.

Chinese Proverb