One whose knowledge is confined to books and whose wealth is in the possession of others, can use neither his knowledge nor wealth when the need for them arises.
He who is overly attached to his family members experiences fear and sorrow, for the root of all grief is attachment. Thus one should discard attachment to be happy.
Test a servant while in the discharge of his duty, a relative in difficulty, a friend in adversity, and a wife in misfortune.
A wise man should marry a virgin of a respectable family even if she is deformed. He should not marry one of a low-class family, through beauty. Marriage in a family of equal status is preferable.
Who realises all the happiness he desires? Everything is in the hands of God. Therefore one should learn contentment.
For good days one should save money, women should be protected even if it takes the money saved. But for self preservation the money and the women should be sacrificed!!
Poverty, disease, sorrow, imprisonment and other evils are the fruits borne by the tree of one’s own sins.
Wealth, a friend, a wife, and a kingdom may be regained; but this body when lost may never be acquired again.
The low minded are fond of deception; the nature of low-minded people never changes.
Do not say, ‘What fear has a rich man of calamity?’
Generosity, pleasing address, courage and propriety of conduct are not acquired, but are inbred qualities.
He who befriends a man whose conduct is vicious, whose vision impure, and who is notoriously crooked, is rapidly ruined.
A debt should be paid off till the last penny; An enemy should be destroyed without a trace.
Do not put your trust in rivers, men who carry weapons, beasts with claws or horns, women, and members of a royal family.
What good can the scriptures do to a man who has no sense of his own? Of what use is as mirror to a blind man?
Our bodies are perishable, wealth is not at all permanent and death is always nearby. Therefore we must immediately engage in acts of merit.
Beauty is spoiled by an immoral nature; noble birth by bad conduct; learning, without being perfected; and wealth by not being properly utilised.
Charity puts and end to poverty; righteous conduct to misery; discretion to ignorance; and scrutiny to fear.
It is narual for enemy to attack on the weaker side of the adversary.
An evil person causes harm even if treated well.