An enemy should be struck at his weak point.

The king shall lose no time when the opportunity waited for arrives.

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

He who look at a woman who is not his wife as a mother; wealth that is not his as dust and all the men as himself... is a happy man. He, who sees all these things under a different light, is a blind.

Whoever imposes severe punishment becomes repulsive to the people; while he who awards mild punishment becomes contemptible. But whoever imposes punishment as deserved becomes respectable.

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

A learned man is honoured by the people.A learned man commands respect everywhere for his learning. Indeed, learning is honoured everywhere.