Be afraid of a dignified man when he is hungry and a wicked man when his belly is full.

Authority, power, and wealth do not change a man; they only reveal him

Silence is the best reply to a fool.

How strange and foolish is man. He looses his health in gaining wealth. Then to regain health he wastes his wealth. He ruins is present while worrying about his future - but weeps in the future by recalling his past. He lives as though death shall never come to him - but dies in a way as if he were never born.

Greed takes a person to the watering place but gets him back without letting him drink. It undertakes responsibility but does not fulfill it. Often the drinker gets choked before quenching his thirst. The greater the worth of a thing yearned for, the greater is the grief for its loss. Desires blind the eyes of understanding. The destined share would reach him who does not approach it.

A girl is a good deed and a boy is a bounty. Good deeds are rewarded while people are held accountable for bounties.

Silence is the garden of thought.