It is better to be without a king than to have a bad one.

He who has wealth has friends.

The king shall singly deliberate over secret matters; for ministers have their own ministers, and these latter some of their own; this kind of successive line of ministers tends to the disclosure of counsels.

The man who is praised by others is regarded as worthy though he may be really void of all merit. But the man who sings his own praises becomes disgraced though he should be Indra, the possessor of all excellencies.

Time perfects men as well as destroys them.

Do not put your trust in rivers, men who carry weapons, beasts with claws or horns, women, and members of a royal family.

As water collected in a tank gets pure by filtration, so accumulated wealth is preserved by being employed in charity.