Avoid him who talks sweetly before you but tries to ruin you behind your back, for he is like a pitcher of poison with milk on top.

He who lives in our mind is near though he may actually be far away; but he who is not in our heart is far though he may really be nearby.

Prosperity lasts long for one who acts after proper consideration.

Virtuous persons and fruit-laden trees bow, but fools and dry sticks break because they do not bend.

Although an ass is tired, he continues to carry his burden; he is unmindful of cold and heat; and he is always contented; these three things should be learned from the ass.

He who has wealth has friends and relations; he alone survives and is respected as a man.

Wealth, a friend, a wife, and a kingdom may be regained; but this body when lost may never be acquired again.