A single son endowed with good qualities is far better than a hundred devoid of them.

The learned are envied by the foolish; rich men by the poor; chaste women by adulteresses; and beautiful ladies by ugly ones.

A good wife is one who serves her husband in the morning like a mother does, loves him in the day like a sister does and pleases him like a prostitute in the night.

Accumulated wealth is saved by spending just as incoming fresh water is saved by letting out stagnant water.

As long as your body is healthy and under control and death is distant, try to save your soul; when death is immanent what can you do?

We should not feel pride in our charity, austerity, valour, scriptural knowledge, modestyandmorality for the world is full of the rarest gems.

Even a pandit comes to grief by giving instruction to a foolish disciple, by maintaining a wicked wife, and by excessive familiarity with the miserable.