Constant travel brings old age upon a man; a horse becomes old by being constantly tied up; lack of sexual contact with her husband brings old age upon a woman; and garments become old through being left in the sun.

If a king is energetic, his subjects will be equally energetic.

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

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.

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

Don't judge the future of a person based on his present conditions, becausetime has the power to change black coal to shiny diamond.

Do not keep company with a fool for as we can see he is a two-legged beast. Like an unseen thorn he pierces the heart with his sharp words.