One who is to be pardoned should not be harassed.
Books are as useful to a stupid person as a mirror is useful to a blind person.
He who forsakes his own community and joins another perishes as the king who embraces an unrighteous path.
He who loses his money is forsaken by his friends, his wife, his servants and his relations; yet when he regains his riches those who have forsaken him come back to him. Hence wealth is certainly the best of relations.
Fire, even if put on head, burns only.
Purity of speech, of the mind, of the senses, and of a compassionate heart are needed by one who desires to rise to the divine platform.