Your feelings are your god.

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

Even as the unborn babe is in the womb of his mother, these five are fixed as his life destiny: his life span, his activities, his acquisition of wealth and knowledge, and his time of death.

Defect in one's limb ruins a man.

For the moon though one, dispels the darkness, which the stars, though numerous, do not.

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

Constant travel brings old age upon a man; a horse becomes old by being constantly tied up; lack of sexual contact with her husband brings old age upon a woman; and garments become old through being left in the sun.