We should always speak what would please the man of whom we expect a favour,like the hunter who sings sweetly when he desires to shoot a deer.

For good days one should save money, women should be protected even if it takes the money saved. But for self preservation the money and the women should be sacrificed!!

When one is consumed by the sorrows of life, three things give him relief: offspring, a wife, and the company of the Lord's devotees.

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?

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?

No one should ever be disrespected.

The cuckoos remain silent for a long time (for several seasons) until they are able to sing sweetly (in the Spring) so as to give joy to all.