This world is a bitter tree, it has only two sweet nectar like fruits - one is soft voice and the other is company of gentlemen.

People's Fury is above all the furies.

Avoid him who talks sweetly before you but tries to ruin you behind your back, for he is like a pitcher of poison with milk on top.

One who is to be pardoned should not be harassed.

Swans live wherever there is water, and leave the place where water dries up; let not a man act so - and comes and goes as he pleases.

He who lives in our mind is near though he may actually be far away; but he who is not in our heart is far though he may really be nearby.

Although an ass is tired, he continues to carry his burden; he is unmindful of cold and heat; and he is always contented; these three things should be learned from the ass.