Accumulated wealth is saved by spending just as incoming fresh water is saved by letting out stagnant water.

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.

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

A low-minded person should not be given good advice.

Time perfects all living beings as well as kills them; it alone is awake when all others are asleep. Time is insurmountable.

He who is overly attached to his family members experiences fear and sorrow, for the root of all grief is attachment. Thus one should discard attachment to be happy.

A good wife is one who serves her husband in the morning like a mother does, loves him in the day like a sister does and pleases him like a prostitute in the night.