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

As water collected in a tank gets pure by filtration, so accumulated wealth is preserved by being employed in charity.

The cuckoos remain silent for a long time (for several seasons) until they are able to sing sweetly (in the Spring) so as to give joy to all.

Eschew wicked company and associate with saintly persons. Acquire virtue day and night, and always meditate on that which is eternal forgetting that which is temporary.

As a calf follows its mother among a thousand cows, so the (good or bad) deeds of a man follow him.

If one limb of the body is defected or inflicted with, disease, the whole feels tha pai. Some way if any department, minister or official of the state is faulty, the whole country is effected. An administrator should try hard to curb it.

An egoist can be won over by being respected, a crazy person can be won over by allowing him to behave in an insane manner and a wise person can be won over by truth.