Prosperity lasts long for one who acts after proper consideration.

As a calf follows its mother among a thousand cows, so the (good or bad) deeds of a man follow him.

He who is prepared for the future and he who deals cleverly with any situation that may arise are both happy; but the fatalistic man who wholly depends on luck is ruined.

Chankaya is referring there to the probibition of entry of the untrustworthy in the counsel-room. Disloyal persons foolishly speak out the secrets of the counsel not knowing the harmful effects of the same. Disclosing the secrets of the counsel mars the welfare of the country.

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

It is better to live under a tree in a jungle inhabited by tigers and elephants, to maintain oneself in such a place with ripe fruits and spring water, to lie down on grass and to wear the ragged barks of trees than to live amongst one's relations when reduced to poverty.

Don't judge the future of a person based on his present conditions, becausetime has the power to change black coal to shiny diamond.