At the time of the pralaya (universal destruction) the oceans are to exceed their limits and seek to change, but a saintly man never changes.

The fragrance of flowers spreads only in the direction of the wind. But the goodness of a person spreads in all direction.

The man who remains a fool even in advanced age is really a fool, just as the Indra-Varuna fruit does not become sweet no matter how ripe it might become.

Even if a snake is not poisonous, it should pretend to be venomous.

Eschew wicked company and associate with saintly persons. Acquire virtue day and night, and always meditate on that which is eternal forgetting that which is temporary.

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

The cuckoos remain silent for a long time (for several seasons) until they are able to sing sweetly (in the Spring) so as to give joy to all.