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

There are three gems upon this earth; food, water, and pleasing words - fools (mudhas) consider pieces of rocks as gems.

He who befriends a man whose conduct is vicious, whose vision impure, and who is notoriously crooked, is rapidly ruined.

It is narual for enemy to attack on the weaker side of the adversary.

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

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.

As long as your body is healthy and under control and death is distant, try to save your soul; when death is immanent what can you do?