Knowledge is lost without putting it into practice; a man is lost due to ignorance; an army is lost without a commander; and a woman is lost without a husband.

A person or a ruler who executes his plans (of public welfare) after due consideration, the prosperity stands with him for a longer period.

By means of hearing one understands dharma, malignity vanishes, knowledge is acquired, and liberation from material bondage is gained.

Women have hunger two-fold, shyness four-fold, daring six-fold, and lust eight-fold as compared to men.

Let not a single day pass without your learning a verse, half a verse, or a fourth of it, or even one letter of it; nor without attending to charity, study and other pious activity.

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

Union in privacy (with one's wife); boldness; storing away useful items; watchfulness; and not easily trusting others; these five things are to be learned from a crow.