The dog that trots about finds a bone.
If you've got a talent, protect it.
What you do today can improve all your tomorrows.
You never know what motivates you.
Know or listen to those who know.
Be thine own palace, or the world's thy jail.
Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.
The wise does at once what the fool does at last.
Go for it now. The future is promised to no one.
Do not weep do not wax indignant. Understand.
In the final analysis, the incident is seen as originating from an emotional expression of the frustration and anger of the proud people of China who had been subject to ever increasing oppression from without and decadent corruption from within.