Trees on a riverbank, a woman in another man's house, and kings without counselors go without doubt to swift destruction.

Learning is like a cow of desire. It, like her, yields in all seasons. Like a mother, it feeds you on your journey. Therefore learning is a hidden treasure.

Poverty, disease, sorrow, imprisonment and other evils are the fruits borne by the tree of one's own sins.

My dear child, if you desire to be free from the cycle of birth and death, then abandon the objects of sense gratification as poison. Drink instead the nectar of forbearance, upright conduct, mercy, cleanliness and truth.

Rain which falls upon the sea is useless; so is food for one who is satiated; in vain is a gift for one who is wealthy; and a burning lamp during the daytime is useless.

Those base men who speak of the secret faults of others destroy themselves like serpents that stray onto anthills.

Considersing the forebearance of a person, Do not harass him.