He who forsakes his own community and joins another perishes as the king who embraces an unrighteous path.

Avoid him who talks sweetly before you but tries to ruin you behind your back, for he is like a pitcher of poison with milk on top.

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.

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

O wise man! Give your wealth only to the worthy and never to others. The water of the sea received by the clouds is always sweet.

Knower of the means makes impossible tasks also possible.

Generosity, pleasing address, courage and propriety of conduct are not acquired, but are inbred qualities.