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.

The foolish wish to speak out what was spoken in secret by the master.

It is narual for enemy to attack on the weaker side of the adversary.

The man who is praised by others is regarded as worthy though he may be really void of all merit. But the man who sings his own praises becomes disgraced though he should be Indra, the possessor of all excellencies.

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.

Prosperity lasts long for one who acts after proper consideration.

Books are as useful to a stupid person as a mirror is useful to a blind person.