Your feelings are your god.

Sinfully acquired wealth may remain for ten years; in the eleventh year it disappears with even the original stock.

If a king is energetic, his subjects will be equally energetic. If he is reckless, they will not only be reckless likewise, but also eat into his works.

The king shall lose no time when the opportunity waited for arrives.

Learning is like a cow of desire. It, like her, yields in all seasons. Like a mother, it feeds you on your journey. Therefore learning is a hidden treasure.

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.

Even a captured enemy is not to be trusted.