What good can the scriptures do to a man who has no sense of his own? Of what use is as mirror to a blind man?

We should not fret for what is past, nor should we be anxious about the future; men of discernment deal only with the present moment.

Fate being unfavorable( or without god's grace, even an easy task becomes difficult to accomplish)

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

Do not keep company with a fool for as we can see he is a two-legged beast. Like an unseen thorn he pierces the heart with his sharp words.

Even if a snake is not poisonous, it should pretend to be venomous.

The happiness and peace attained by those satisfied by the nectar of spiritual tranquillity is not attained by greedy persons restlessly moving here and there.