Do not be very upright in your dealings for you would see by going to the forest that straight trees are cut down while crooked ones are left standing.

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

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

He who forsakes his own community and joins another perishes as the king who embraces an unrighteous path.

He who wears unclean garments, has dirty teeth, is a glutton, speaks unkindly and sleeps after sunrise - although he may be the greatest personality - will lose the favour of Lakshmi.

The man who remains a fool even in advanced age is really a fool, just as the Indra-Varuna fruit does not become sweet no matter how ripe it might become.

Never make friends with people who are above or below you in status. Such friendships will never give you any happiness.