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

Test a servant while in the discharge of his duty, a relative in difficulty, a friend in adversity, and a wife in misfortune.

God is not present in idols. Your feelings are your god. The soul is your temple.

One who is in search of knowledge should give up the search of pleasure and the one who is in search of pleasure should give up the search of knowledge.

Every relationship has one or the other motive behind it. Friendship or enemity are not purposeless.Oneness of motive is turned into friendship. While diversity of motive cause enemity. Royal relationships also depend uypon one or theother purpose. But such relatins ar mainly for the welfare of the state.

One's weakness should not ever be revealed.

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