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

A thing may be dreaded as long as it has not overtaken you.

Moral excellence is an ornament for personal beauty; righteous conduct, for high birth; success for learning; and proper spending for wealth.

A learned man is honoured by the people.A learned man commands respect everywhere for his learning. Indeed, learning is honoured everywhere.

Low class men desire wealth;middle class men both wealth and respect; but the noble, honour only; hence honour is the noble man's true wealth.

We should not feel pride in our charity, austerity, valour, scriptural knowledge, modestyandmorality for the world is full of the rarest gems.

As a single withered tree, if set aflame, causes a whole forest to burn, so does a rascal son destroy a whole family.