An egoist can be won over by being respected, a crazy person can be won over by allowing him to behave in an insane manner and a wise person can be won over by truth.

The ruler should employ person in tasks according to their abilities because Knowers ( or the means ) and efficient employees make impossible tasks also possible.

It is better to be without a king than to have a bad one.

Those base men who speak of the secret faults of others destroy themselves like serpents that stray onto anthills.

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

There is poison in the fang of the serpent, in the mouth of the fly and in the sting of a scorpion; but the wicked man is saturated with it.

Women have hunger two-fold, shyness four-fold, daring six-fold, and lust eight-fold as compared to men.