Beauty is spoiled by an immoral nature; noble birth by bad conduct; learning, without being perfected; and wealth by not being properly utilised.

Accumulated wealth is saved by spending just as incoming fresh water is saved by letting out stagnant water.

The poor wish for wealth; animals for the faculty of speech; men wish for heaven; and godly persons for liberation.

There is some self-interest behind every friendship. There is no friendship without self-interests. This is a bitter truth.

The power of a king lies in his mighty arms; that of a brahmana in his spiritual knowledge; and that of a woman in her beauty youth and sweet words.

The fire of the forest burns trees to ashes. Even expensive sandalwood tree which is endowed with qualities of cooling and fragrance, cannot escape from burning. In the same way wicked cause harm to their benefactors also.

All types of riches should be amassed by all means.