Sometimes coincidentally an unintelligent person can accomplish a task but that does not mean that he is a knower of means and device or is experienced. A ruler should be careful enough to designate other tasks to such persons.

We should always speak what would please the man of whom we expect a favour,like the hunter who sings sweetly when he desires to shoot a deer.

He who is prepared for the future and he who deals cleverly with any situation that may arise are both happy; but the fatalistic man who wholly depends on luck is ruined.

The forest fire burns even tree like sandalwood.

Purity of speech, of the mind, of the senses, and of a compassionate heart are needed by one who desires to rise to the divine platform.

O wise man! Give your wealth only to the worthy and never to others. The water of the sea received by the clouds is always sweet.

Sinfully acquired wealth may remain for ten years; in the eleventh year it disappears with even the original stock.