Task performed by an unintelligent person should not be rated high.

Good behavior wins even an enemy.

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

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

One who is in search of knowledge should give up the search of pleasure and the one who is in search of pleasure should give up the search of knowledge.

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.

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.