Union in privacy (with one's wife); boldness; storing away useful items; watchfulness; and not easily trusting others; these five things are to be learned from a crow.

Never make friends with people who are above or below you in status. Such friendships will never give you any happiness.

The fire of the forest burns trees to ashes. Even expensive sandalwood tree which is endowed with qualities of cooling and fragrance, cannot escape from burning. In the same way wicked cause harm to their benefactors also.

Learning is a friend on the journey; a wife in the house; medicine in sickness; and religious merit is the only friend after death.

Defect in one's limb ruins a man.

Fate being unfavorable( or without god's grace, even an easy task becomes difficult to accomplish)

The happiness and peace attained by those satisfied by the nectar of spiritual tranquillity is not attained by greedy persons restlessly moving here and there.