A friend, even if he be the enemy's son , should be protected.

Religion is preserved by wealth; knowledge by diligent practice; a king by conciliatory words; and a home by a dutiful housewife.

He who is prepared for the future and he who deals cleverly with any situation that may arise are both happy; but the fatalistic man who wholly depends on luck is ruined.

It is better to be without a king than to have a bad one.

Those base men who speak of the secret faults of others destroy themselves like serpents that stray onto anthills.

There is poison in the fang of the serpent, in the mouth of the fly and in the sting of a scorpion; but the wicked man is saturated with it.

Poverty, disease, sorrow, imprisonment and other evils are the fruits borne by the tree of one's own sins.