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.

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.

He who is prepared for the future and he who deals cleverly with any situation that may arise are both happy; but the fatalistic man who wholly depends on luck is ruined.

For the moon though one, dispels the darkness, which the stars, though numerous, do not.

Fate being unfavorable( or without god's grace, even an easy task becomes difficult to accomplish)

All types of riches should be amassed by all means.

Who realises all the happiness he desires? Everything is in the hands of God. Therefore one should learn contentment.