The poor wish for wealth; animals for the faculty of speech; men wish for heaven; and godly persons for liberation.

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

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

A wise man should marry a virgin of a respectable family even if she is deformed. He should not marry one of a low-class family, through beauty. Marriage in a family of equal status is preferable.

Wicked ones are like fire. Even if pu on hea, they burn only. They do not leave unhurt even their well - wishers and benefactors.

Religion is preserved by wealth; knowledge by diligent practice; a king by conciliatory words; and a home by a dutiful housewife.

A wicked wife, a false friend, a saucy servant and living in a house with a serpent in it are nothing but death.