He who has wealth has friends.

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

Never make friends with people who are above or below you in status. Such friendships will never give you any happiness.

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

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

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.

Task performed by an unintelligent person should not be rated high.