Virtuous persons and fruit-laden trees bow, but fools and dry sticks break because they do not bend.

The rain water enlivens all living beings of the earth both movable (insects, animals, humans, etc.) and immovable (plants, trees, etc.), and then returns to the ocean it value multiplied a million fold.

When one is consumed by the sorrows of life, three things give him relief: offspring, a wife, and the company of the Lord's devotees.

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

Knowledge is lost without putting it into practice; a man is lost due to ignorance; an army is lost without a commander; and a woman is lost without a husband.

One whose knowledge is confined to books and whose wealth is in the possession of others, can use neither his knowledge nor wealth when the need for them arises.

If a king is energetic, his subjects will be equally energetic.