The serpent, the king, the tiger, the stinging wasp, the small child, the dog owned by other people, and the fool: these seven ought not to be awakened from sleep.

He who has wealth has friends.

As a single withered tree, if set aflame, causes a whole forest to burn, so does a rascal son destroy a whole family.

If one has a good disposition, what other virtue is needed? If a man has fame, what is the value of other ornamentation?

The one excellent thing that can be learned from a lion is that whatever a man intends doing should be done by him with a whole-hearted and strenuous effort.

Beauty is spoiled by an immoral nature; noble birth by bad conduct; learning, without being perfected; and wealth by not being properly utilised.

Test a servant while in the discharge of his duty, a relative in difficulty, a friend in adversity, and a wife in misfortune.