The palest ink is better than the best memory.

He who is drowned is not troubled by the rain.

—Chinese proverb

It is easy to get a thousand prescriptions but hard to get one single remedy.

—Chinese proverb

Teachers open the door. You enter by yourself.

—Chinese proverb

When you have only two pennies left in the world, buy a loaf of bread with one, and a lily with the other.

—Chinese proverb

When you drink the water, remember the spring.

—Chinese proverb

Creditors have better memories than debtors.

—Benjamin Franklin

Own only what you can carry with you; know language, know countries, know people. Let your memory be your travel bag.

—Alexander Solzhenitsyn

[Memory is] a man's real possession… In nothing else is he rich, in nothing else is he poor.

—Alexander Smith

Happiness isn't something you experience; it's something you remember.

—Oscar Levant