非澹泊无以明志非宁静无以致远
Nothing great can be achieved without a single mind and a simple life.
夫君子之行，静以修身，俭以养德；非澹泊无以明志，非宁静无以致远。夫学须静也，才须学也；非学无以广才，非志无以成学。淫慢则不能励精，险躁则不能冶性。年与时驰，意与日去，遂成枯落，多不接世。悲守穷庐，将复何及！
《淮南子 • 主术训》
十堂课 • 诸葛亮《诫子书》

古人称书画为丛笺软卷，故读书开卷以闲适为尚。
Books and paintings are called “limp volumes” and “soft volumes” in ancient times, it is therefore the leisurely style that fits best when one reads a book or opens an album.
真学士不以鲁鱼亥豕为意，好旅客登山不以路恶难行为意，看雪景者不以桥不固为意，卜居乡间者不以俗人为意，爱看花者不以酒劣为意。
The real scholar tolerates misprints when reading history, as one traveling among mountains tolerates bad roads, one going to watch a snow scene tolerates a flimsy bridge, one choosing to live in the country tolerates vulgar people, and one bent on looking at flowers tolerates bad wine.
陈继儒（眉公）

见义不为无勇也
To see what is right and not to do it is want of courage/cowardice.
If you see what is right and fail to act on it, you lack courage.
《论语 • 为政第二》ii:24

葡萄美酒夜光杯欲饮琵琶马上催醉卧沙场君莫笑古来征战几人回
With wine of grapes the cups of jade would glow at night,
Drinking to pipa songs we are summoned to fight.
Don't laugh if we lay drunken on the battleground!
How many ancient warriors came back safe and sound?
王翰《凉州词》

人固有一死，或重于太山，或轻于鸿毛，用之所趋异也。
司马迁《报任安书》

三日不读，便觉语言无味，面目可憎。
A scholar who hasn’t read anything for three days feels that his talk has no flavor (becomes insipid), and his own face becomes hateful to look at (ugly in the mirror).
黄山谷 Sung poet and friend of Su Tungp'o

天下熙熙，皆为利来；天下壤壤，皆为利往。
司马迁《史记 • 货殖列传第六十九》

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