The Students

Saying forty-two

The defect of voluntary poverty and want.

Saying forty-three

The defect of speech is excess.

Saying forty-four

One who inquires at first without generosity will find in it competition and enmity.

Saying forty-five

The wise man is honored even if his family is despised, and his friends are many even if he is in a foreign land.

Saying forty-six

Quiet the great courts through the power of acts of justice and prayers.

Saying forty-seven

Withdrawal from the world is a remedy for every grief, and wealth is a remedy for want.

Saying forty-eight

The excellence of their heart is for themselves rather than for that which is written with them.

Saying forty-nine

Trustworthiness brings enemies closer, and theft distances friends.

Saying fifty

In a time of anger, these friends will not require you, and in a time of favor, these enemies will not harm you.