For the moon though one, dispels the darkness, which the stars, though numerous, do not.
A thing may be dreaded as long as it has not overtaken you.
Let not a single day pass without your learning a verse, half a verse, or a fourth of it, or even one letter of it; nor without attending to charity, study and other pious activity.
Prosperity lasts long for one who acts after proper consideration.
Even if a snake is not poisonous, it should pretend to be venomous.
The man who remains a fool even in advanced age is really a fool, just as the Indra-Varuna fruit does not become sweet no matter how ripe it might become.