A wicked wife, a false friend, a saucy servant and living in a house with a serpent in it are nothing but death.

He who loses his money is forsaken by his friends, his wife, his servants and his relations; yet when he regains his riches those who have forsaken him come back to him. Hence wealth is certainly the best of relations.

Trees on a riverbank, a woman in another man's house, and kings without counselors go without doubt to swift destruction.

He who shall practice these twenty virtues shall become invincible in all his undertakings.

Prosperity lasts long for one who acts after proper consideration.

He who has wealth has friends.

There is some self-interest behind every friendship. There is no friendship without self-interests. This is a bitter truth.