Poverty, disease, sorrow, imprisonment and other evils are the fruits borne by the tree of one's own sins.

If one limb of the body is defected or inflicted with, disease, the whole feels tha pai. Some way if any department, minister or official of the state is faulty, the whole country is effected. An administrator should try hard to curb it.

Rain which falls upon the sea is useless; so is food for one who is satiated; in vain is a gift for one who is wealthy; and a burning lamp during the daytime is useless.

The one excellent thing that can be learned from a lion is that whatever a man intends doing should be done by him with a whole-hearted and strenuous effort.

Do not put your trust in a bad companion nor even trust an ordinary friend, for if he should get angry with you, he may bring all your secrets to light.

Once you start a working on something, don't be afraid of failure and don't abandon it. People who work sincerely are the happiest.

If one has a good disposition, what other virtue is needed? If a man has fame, what is the value of other ornamentation?