The disgrace of one's people brings sorrow to the Nobel minded.

The forest fire burns even tree like sandalwood.

Don't judge the future of a person based on his present conditions, becausetime has the power to change black coal to shiny diamond.

If a king is energetic, his subjects will be equally energetic.

The man who is praised by others is regarded as worthy though he may be really void of all merit. But the man who sings his own praises becomes disgraced though he should be Indra, the possessor of all excellencies.

At the time of the pralaya (universal destruction) the oceans are to exceed their limits and seek to change, but a saintly man never changes.

The fragrance of flowers spreads only in the direction of the wind. But the goodness of a person spreads in all direction.