Women and people of low birth are very hard to deal with. If you are friendly to them, they get out of hand, and if you keep your distance, they resent it.

Is virtue a thing remote? I wish to be virtuous, and lo! Virtue is at hand.

Who heeds not the future will find sorrow at hand

A father's and a mother's age must be borne in mind; with joy on the one hand, fear on the other.

If the search for riches were sure to be successful, though I should become a groom with a whip in my hand to get them, I will do so. As the search may not be successful, I will follow after that which I love.

Confucius say... politician is one who shakes your hand before elections and your confidence after.

A bit of fragrance always clings to the hand that gives roses. If you are generous, you will gain everything.

Bird in hand makes it harder to blow nose.