One: "When Heaven is about to place a great burden on a person, it must first torment his mind, toil his sinews and bones, starve his body, drain him of his energy, and frustrate his undertakings — thereby stirring his mind, hardening his nature, and supplementing his deficiencies."

Two: "Thoroughgoing materialists fear nothing."

Three: "The road is tortuous, but the future is bright."

Four: "To be battered head and bloodied by the blows of fate yet never turn back."