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

O wise man! Give your wealth only to the worthy and never to others. The water of the sea received by the clouds is always sweet.

A wise man should marry a virgin of a respectable family even if she is deformed. He should not marry one of a low-class family, through beauty. Marriage in a family of equal status is preferable.

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.

The foolish wish to speak out what was spoken in secret by the master.

The world's biggest power is the youth and beauty of a woman.

Whoever imposes severe punishment becomes repulsive to the people; while he who awards mild punishment becomes contemptible. But whoever imposes punishment as deserved becomes respectable.