All types of riches should be amassed by all means.

Learning is like a cow of desire. It, like her, yields in all seasons. Like a mother, it feeds you on your journey. Therefore learning is a hidden treasure.

Religion is preserved by wealth; knowledge by diligent practice; a king by conciliatory words; and a home by a dutiful housewife.

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

That man who is without religion and mercy should be rejected. A guru without spiritual knowledge should be rejected. The wife with an offensive face should be given up, and so should relatives who are without affection.

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

Do not be very upright in your dealings for you would see by going to the forest that straight trees are cut down while crooked ones are left standing.